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 penny to ascend the Needle's dizzying heights, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime requirement! Not as required, but certainly worth the extra expense, is a meal at the Sky City Restaurant, which revolves...

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, elevators, and bathrooms. The largest sphere is four stories tall. To take care of the plant species from over 40 countries, Amazon hired a full time horticulturalist. You don't have to be an employee to se...

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 the birthplace of Starbucks. Grab your cup of dark roast here before buying fresh fruits and veggies.

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 want to know what an eardrum of a whale looks like? Head for the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop! For a business loaded with clutter, the layout is surprisingly organized and attractive. (Photo by Sophia M...

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 wall a landmark, gross factor and all.

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 leather and constructed with a glass floor.

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 birthplace of the iconic Starbucks.

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 50 cents, you can view shoes for all occasions, once owned and worn by gargantuan human beings.

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 served wealthy travelers. It still does today as a luxury hotel. A tusk supposedly fell out in the 1949 earthquake and legend has it the other tusks were subsequently removed soon after. In the 1980s, the ...

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 a result, visitors today can see a city frozen in time, where old structures and 19th century way of life is preserved for generations to come.

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 just doesn't have. This museum is one of the few where you can actually touch and play with the stuff inside and even more - they encourage you to. You'll pay an entry fee of $15 (kids a little less) bu...

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 snap a photo of Jimi's likeness on a sidewalk.

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 committed suicide, many have petitioned that the park be renamed after him. Parking can be hard to find so you might want to take a rideshare or public transportation. (Photo by Yess C)

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 photos or a nice prop to stand next to. It has a pretty neat history too - in 1991, it was assembled from a 1950s Cold War era rocket fuselage.

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 Gruff." The Fremont Troll is a giant formation of concrete that lurks under the Aurora Bridge - visitors never tire of climbing his fingers, arms, and head!

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 visitors to enjoy the beautiful skyline. You are guaranteed amazing panoramic shots, with the Space Needle included.

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 something similar to what was available in his native Taiwan. If you pay in advance for one hour in the cat room, you get a free beverage and little snack too. Check out the yoga schedule - you can do a dow...