I-Seattle eyinqaba: i-Seattle's Oddities nezindawo ezingavamile

I-Troll, i-Bob's Java Jive, i-Archie McPhee ne-More Weirdness!

Ngenkathi iPortland eningizimu inomuzwa wokuthi uyinhlonipho, iSttletle inehlangothini layo elimangalisayo lokuziqhenya. Ngaphandle kwezizwe ezihlukahlukene futhi ngezikhathi ezithile ze-quirky, i-Seattle inenqwaba yezivakashi eziyinqaba futhi ezingavamile ezifanele ukugcwalisa ntambama enobuqili noma ukuhlaba umxhwele ngaphandle kwabadayisi. Isitolo esinqaba esithengisa i-bacon Band-Aids? Hlola. I-troll enkulu ngaphansi kwebhuloho? Hlola kabili. Ama-Mummy aphelile ngaphandle kwe Seattle Waterfront? Ayikho inkinga! Funda ukuze uthole izinto ezibucayi nakakhulu kakhulu ozibonayo endaweni yase-Seattle-Tacoma, futhi ulahlekelwe ukukhangisa okujwayelekile kokugijima kwe-mill-of-the-mill.

• 01 kwezingu-12

  Archie McPhee

  U-Archie McPhee uyinhlangano enhle kunazo zonke ezitolo ezitholakalayo ozothola - futhi ngokuqinisekile indlovukazi yezitolo ezintsha eziseSttletle - zigcwele izinto owaziwa ukuthi awudinga. Uphondo lwe-unicorn lwekati lakho, amadevu womntanakho, imikhiqizo yebhekoni ephuma ku-ideao, futhi cishe noma yini enye ongayicabangela yikho konke kulesi sitolo sesithonjana se-Seattle. Ngisho noma ungewona umthengi wezitolo zokuthenga, hlala futhi ubuke. Jabulela i-weird.

  Indawo: 1300 N. 45th Street, Seattle

• 02 kwezingu-12

  Bob's Jive Jive, ie The Giant Coffee Pot

  I-Java's Jive ye-Bob ibukeka njengebhoti elikhulu lekhofi. Ungase ucabange ukuthi kusekhona enye indawo ye-espresso, kodwa uzobe ungalungile. Ummbila wekhofi unomunye wemigoqo yokudlela ye-Tacoma epholile kunazo zonke nezindawo zokudlela ezine-karaoke eziyisikhombisa ebusuku ngesonto, umculo ophilayo kanye nama-DJ, nokudla okuphansi nesibhakabhaka. Lesi sakhiwo sakhiwa ngo-1927 njengesitolo sokudlela futhi sakhiwe nguBert Smyser.

  Indawo: 2102 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma

• 03 ka-12

  Fremont Troll

  I-Fremont Troll ihamba ngaphansi komngcele osenyakatho we-Aurora Bridge ngaseN. 36th Street. Idalwe ngabaculi uSteve Badanes, Will Martin, uDonna Walter noRos White White, i-troll yakhiwe nge-steel rebar, ukhonkolo, ucingo, i-hubcap endala kanye ne-Volkswagon Beetle yangempela. I-troll yafika e-Seattle ngo-1990 futhi isilondoloze ibhuloho kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

  Indawo: 3405 Troll Avenue N, Seattle

• 04 kwangu-12

  I-Giant Shoe Museum e-Pike Place Market

  Kulungile, ngakho akuyona imyuziyamu. I-Giant Shoe Museum iyidonga lama-coin-op display lapho uthola khona isikhwama esikhwameni somuntu omude kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ezinye izicathulo zemfihlakalo, isihlangu esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-quirk iphakeme futhi ihlanganiswe ne-charm enye ye-vintage.

  Indawo: Indawo ephansi yePike Place Market

• 05 ka-12

  Isihlahla sebhayisikili ku-Vashon Island

  Ehlathini eVashon Island kuyisimangaliso-ibhayisikili ehamba phakathi komuthi, cishe izinyawo eziyishumi nambili emhlabathini. Uzozwa izinganekwane eziningi zendawo mayelana nokuthi ibhayisikili yafika kanjani, mayelana nensizwa ehamba ngebhayisikili eya emthini bese iya empini, noma ukuthi othile ubeka ibhayisikili emthini ngandlela-thile. Akekho owabeka khona ngenhloso. Esikhundleni salokho, indaba ithi umfana ushiye ibhayisikili ngemuva futhi umuthi ngandlela-thile wakhula nxazonke.

  Indawo: Sondela ku-20312 Vashon Highway SW., Vashon Island. Ihlola ukuhlola futhi mhlawumbe ingxoxo nendawo ukuze ithole.

• 06 kwezingu-12

  UVladimir Lenin eFranmont

  I-Fremont iyindawo yokuhlala ezimbalwa ezifudumele kunazo zonke eziseSttletle, kuhlanganise nesithombe se-bronze esingamamitha angu-16 ubude sikaVladimir Lenin. Eqoshwe u-Emil Venkov wobuBulgaria ohulumeni baseSoviet naseCzechoslovakian, inqwaba ye-bronze yayisinye sezithombe eziningi kakhulu ezisetshenziswe njengengxenye yomshini wama-Communist propaganda. Indoda yendawo okuthiwa u-Lewis E. Carpenter yayisebenza kulokhu okwamanje iSlovakia futhi ithola isithombe esilungele ukulahlwa. Umbazi wasindisa lesi sithombe futhi ngemva kokusebenza okukhulu nemali, waletha isithombe kuSouth, kodwa wafa ngaphambi kokuba enze noma yini. Umndeni wakubo wawubeka eFranmont.

  Indawo: Ingqimba ye-N. 34th Street ne-Evanston Avenue N, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle

• 07 kwangu-12

  I-Rocket

  Izinyathelo ezimbalwa ezikude noLenin kungenye yezinkathi zama-Cold War-i-rocket fuselage engama-1950 eyayingakaze ibonakale i-AJ's Overplus eBell Town.

  Indawo: Ingqikithi ye-N. 35th Street ne-Evanston Avenue N., i-Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle

• 08 kwabangu-12

  I-Gum Wall

  I-Gum Wall cishe iyinto ekhangayo kunazo zonke kuwo wonke amazwe aseWashington. Yilokho okuzwakalayo. Abadluli bebelokhu banamathele ama-gum kulolu donga kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 kanti manje kukhona i-gum kuze kube yilapho iso lingabona khona. Uzobona amafomu we-genum ku-mess, kanye nezinhliziyo ze-gum, ubuso be-gommi smiley. Engeza i-gum yakho, uma uthanda.

  Indawo: 1428 Post Alley, Seattle

• 09 kwangu-12

  Ye Olde Ukuthenga Isifiso

  I-Old Old Curiosity Shop iyingxenye yecala lokuvakasha elihamba phambili ngasemfuleni wase Seattle. Isitolo sithengisa izithoko zokuzijabulisa, i-curiosities kanye nemikhumbuzo yaseSeattle, kodwa futhi isebenza njengomncane weminyuziyamu. Isitolo sinamakhaya ama-antiqua amnandi kakhulu avela emasimini e-narwhal ukuze athobe izigxobo ezimbili kumamemia amabili-uSyvester noSylvia. U-Sylvia watholakala emhumeni waseMelika Ephakathi, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi wayengumfiki waseYurophu. Wayegcinwe ngokwemvelo futhi ubheka kancane kancane kuneSyvester. USyvester ungomunye wamakhemikhali alondolozwe kakhulu noma yikuphi lapho ososayensi bezokwelapha be-UW bethola ukuthi wayegcinwe ngenhloso yesisombululo se-arsenic esikhathini esithile eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-100 edlule.

  Indawo: 1001 Alaskan Way, Seattle

• 10 kwangu-12

  Wallingford Wall of Death

  Nakuba kungewona udonga futhi kuthiwa akekho oye wafela lapha, i-Wall of Death iyisithombe esithakazelisayo esitholakala ngaphansi kwe-University Bridge. Indandatho enkulu ye-orange ifundeka ngokuthi "I-Wall of Death," ngakho nje wazi ngokuqinisekile lokho okubukayo. Ama-spikes amakhulu avela emhlabathini bese ebamba indandatho.

  Indawo: Ngaphansi kweBridge Bridge ngaseNorthlake Way

• 11 kwangu-12

  Imyuziyamu ye-Glass

  I-Tacoma Museum of Glass iyisakhiwo sanamuhla futhi esihle, kodwa siyaqinisekisa ukuthi ugcine kancane kancane kwe-quirk kuya e-facade yayo. Ukukhuphuka ngaphezu kwesakhiwo nokuhlinzekela indawo ebalulekile ekukhanyeni kukaTacoma kuyi-giant cone. Kubonakala sengathi kufana ne-pod isikhala noma i-Apollo Command Module. I-cone isebenza kahle, noma kunjalo, futhi igcina i-Hot Shop yeMyuziyamu lapho ingilazi idutshulwa khona ngesikhathi sesikhathi samamyuziyamu.

  Indawo: I- 1801 Dock Street, i-Tacoma

• 12 kwangu-12

  Ama-Hat 'N' Boots

  Isibopho sezinyawo ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezingekho emthethweni kanye nesikhwama se-cowboy esiseGeorgetown sika-Oxbow Park. Ekuqaleni ingxenye yesiteshi segesi se-cowboy-themed ka-1950, lo mdwebo usuke ukhangwa emgwaqweni futhi wenza ngisho nokubonakala "kwiZiko Likazwelonke LikaSonto." Ngokusobala, lesi sikhwama sasisakhiwo seziteshi zamagesi kanti amabhuzu akhonza njengezindawo zokuphumula. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-Hat n Boots iye yaba uphawu lwendawo yaseGeorgetown. Manje sebese-Oxbow Park ukuze bonke bajabulele.

  Indawo: 6430 Corson Avenue N, Seattle