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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.