Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The spur that wouldn’t die.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.