Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.