A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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

Always a new use for this old building.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.