Seattle's Best Photo Spots

Jet City's most recognizable structure is the Space Needle, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair, and drew its design from the popular preconceived notion of a flying saucer. It will cost you a pretty p...

A set of three gigantic glass domes, built with pentagonal hexecontahedron panels serve as an employee lounge area at the Amazon headquarters. The conservatories also house 40,000 plants, a cafeteria, elevat...

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Even though Starbucks is probably serving coffee on Mars by now, everyone knows their origins are in Seattle. Pike Place Market, the home to fish markets and odd little shops, is also...

This little shop's two American mummies are the centerpiece - named Sylvester and Sylvia Mummy. Other unique items include Petri-Fido (a petrified dog, unfortunately) and a four-legged chicken. Did you ever ...

Pike Place Market has its share of odd wonders, and the nearby Gum Wall is no exception. The city cleaned over 2,000 pounds of the chewed goop in November 2015, but visitors are persistent in keeping this wa...

On Pier 57 stands the Seattle Great Wheel, on which you can catch a unique glimpse of the port city. If you have a bit more money to spend, you can buy a ticket for the luxury gondola, upholstered in red lea...

Pike Place Market is part and parcel to Seattle, and it could very well define Seattle to the rest of the world. Good reason - it embodies the port city's resources, small family-owned businesses, and the bi...

Before buying fresh seafood from your favorite market stall, check out the "World's Largest Collection of Giant Shoes." Seattle's renowned Pike Place Market is home to this oversized collection. For a mere 5...

High up on the Arctic Building where people might usually expect to see gargoyles or lions are the stone heads of open-mouthed walruses with their tusks in full view. Built in 1916, the Arctic Building serve...

Of all the landmarks in Seattle, the Seattle Underground City may be the most curious. After a fire destroyed over 30 blocks in the late 1800s, the leaders decided to build the new city on top of the old. As...

There's something about an old-fashioned pinball machine that is so satisfying - pulling the levers, seeing the board light up while it rings, pops, and spins...something that a smartphone pinball machine ju...

Seattle artist Daryl Smith sculpted Jimi in his legendary pose, a look of pure ecstasy on his face. Rock stars and the general population alike have traveled to this piece of art off the beaten path, just to...

In Viretta Park the wooden benches serve as an unofficial memorial to Kurt Cobain. Each bench has graffiti and etchings scrawled on it, messages to the tragic musician. Located near his home where he committ...

Seattle may be called Jet City, but that doesn't mean this fashionable metropolis can't branch out. The Fremont Rocket may not be functional, but it sure is cool to look at. It also makes a good subject for ...

Fremont may once have been an obscure neighborhood in Seattle, but some modern-day landmarks turn it into a tourist attraction. The Fremont Troll is a delightful oddity inspired by the folktale, "Billy Goats...

Located on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, the view from this location makes Kerry Park a mandatory part of your itinerary. The park was donated by philanthropists, who wanted their fellow Seattle residents and ...

The perfect set-up for adoptable cats and the people who love them...Meowtropolitan Cat Café is serving up catpuccinos alongside mewling, playful kitties. The brainchild of Andrew Hsieh, he envisioned someth...