I-Seattle ye-Weird: i-Seattle's Oddities kunye neeNdwendwe ezingaqhelekanga

I-Troll, i-Bob's Java Jive, u-Archie McPhee kunye nobutyebi obungaphezulu!

Ngelixa iPortland esezantsi inegama lokuba yinqaba, i Seattle inegalelo layo eliqhayisayo lokuba lizingca. Ngaphandle kweentlobo ezihlukeneyo kunye namaxesha ambalwa, iS Seattle inezinto ezintle eziqhelekileyo eziqhelekileyo ezifanelekileyo zokuzalisa umsila onobuqili okanye ukuphazamisa ngaphandle kweedolophu. Isitolo esingaqhelekanga esithengisa i-Bacon Band-Aids? Hlola. I troll enkulu phantsi kwebhuloho? Unjonge kwakhona. I-cowboy mummies ixhomeke kufuphi ne Seattle Waterfront? Akukho ngxaki! Funda ukuze ufumane izinto ezintle kakhulu kunye nezinto ezinobunzima obuzibonayo kwindawo yase Seattle-Tacoma, kwaye uphume kwiindawo ezikhethiweyo zokuhamba.

• 01 ngo-12

  Archie McPhee

  U-Archie McPhee uyona intsha yokuthenga izitolo ezinobuchule oza kuzifumana - kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ukumkanikazi wezitolo ezitshintshayo e Seattle - azaliswe izinto ongeke wazi ukuba uyazifuna. Uphondo lwe-unicorn ekhatsini lakho, amadevu emntwaneni wakho, imveliso yebhekoni ngaphandle kwe-ideao, kwaye malunga nantoni na into onokuyicinga ngayo yonke le ndawo ye-Seattle esitolo. Nangona awukho umqhubi wezinto ezithengileyo zokuthenga, hlala uze ukhangele. Jabulela i-weird.

  Indawo: I- 1300 N. 45th Street, Seattle

• 02 we-12

  I-Bob's Java Jive, oko kukuthi i-Giant Coffee Pot

  UBob's Java Jive ukhangeleka njengesitya esikhulu sekhofi. Unokucinga ukuba yinto enye yokuma kwe-espresso, kodwa uya kuphutha. Ihofu yekhofi inomnye wee-tacoma ezipholile kakhulu zokutya kunye neendawo zokudlela kunye nehawubhi ngobusuku obisixhenxe ngeveki, umculo womculo kunye ne-DJs, kunye nokutya okuncinci kunye nobhiya. Isakhiwo sakhiwa ngowe-1927 njengendawo yokutyela kwaye yenziwe yiBert Smyser.

  Indawo: 2102 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma

• 03 we-12

  Fremont Troll

  I-Fremont Troll ijikeleza ngaphantsi komntla we-Aurora Bridge kufuphi ne-36. Street Street. Idalwe ngabaculi uSteve Badanes, Will Martin, uDonna Walter kunye noRos Whitehead, i-troll yakhiwa yerakiti yensimbi, ikhonkethi, ucingo, i-old hubcap kunye ne-Volkswagon Beetle. I-troll yafika e-Seattle ngo-1990 kwaye ilondoloze ibhuloho yakhe ukususela ngelo xesha.

  Indawo: 3405 Troll Avenue N, Seattle

• 04 we-12

  Iimpawu zeMpahla eziKhuselekileyo kwi-Market Pike Place

  Kulungile, ngoko ayiyona imyuziyam. Isiqulatho seMidlalo esiKhulu esiyinqaba siwudonga lwemiboniso yeevenkile zemveliso yeevini apho, kwiintsenti ezimbalwa, unokufumana umxhwele eguguwe ngumntu omude kunabo bonke emhlabeni, ezinye izihlangu eziyimfihlelo, isihlangu esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-quirk iphakamileyo kwaye idibene kunye nekheshi lembali.

  Indawo: Umgangatho wezantsi we-Pike Place Market

• 05 we-12

  Umthi wamaBhayisikili kwisiqithi saseVashon

  Ehlathini kwiSiqithi saseVashon yinto engaqondakaliyo-ibhayisiki ehamba phakathi komthi, malunga neenyawo ezilishumi elinesibini emhlabeni. Uyakuva ezininzi zeengcamango zendawo malunga nendlela ibhayisikili eya ngayo apho, malunga nendoda eselula ibhayisekile ukuya emthini ize ihambe emfazweni, okanye ukuba umntu ubeke ibhayisikili emthini ngandlela-thile. Akukho mntu usibeka apho ngenjongo. Kunoko, ibali lihamba ukuba inkwenkwe ishiye ibhayisikili emva kwayo kwaye umthi ngandlela-thile wanda ngeenxa zonke.

  Indawo: kufuphi no-20312 iVashon Highway SW., Isiqithi saseVashon. Ifuna ukuhlola kunye mhlawumbi ingxoxo kunye nommandla ukuze uyifumane.

• 06 we-12

  UVladimir Lenin eFranmont

  I-Fremont iyikhaya elincinci lezona ziqhenqileyo kakhulu kunye nezona ziqhenqileyo kakhulu, eziquka umfanekiso wesibhadu we-bronze ongama-16 weenyawo kaVladimir Lenin. I-Sculpted by Bulgarian Emil Venkov kubarhulumente baseSoviet neCzechoslovakian, i-colossus yethusi yayisinye seziqingqi ezininzi eziqhelekileyo ezisetyenzisiweyo njengengxenye yomatshini wama-Communist propaganda. Indoda yasekuhlaleni okuthiwa ngu Lewis E. Carpenter yayisebenza kulo ngoku eyiSlovakia kwaye ifumene umfanekiso olungele ukulahlwa. Umchweli wayilondoloza umfanekiso kwaye emva kwemigudu eninzi kunye neendleko, wazisa umfanekiso kwi-US, kodwa wafa ngaphambi kokuba enze nantoni nayo. Intsapho yakhe yayifake eFranmont.

  Indawo: Ingqungquthela yaseN. 34 kunye ne-Evanston Avenue N, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle

• 07 we-12

  I-Rocket

  Amanyathelo ambalwa ukusuka eLenin yinto enye yexesha leNtsholongwane yeNtsholongwane-i-rocket fuselage eyayingaphambili i-AJ's Overplus eBell Bell.

  Indawo: Ingqungquthela ye-N. 35 Street kunye ne-Evanston Avenue N., Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle

• 08 ka 12

  Gum Wall

  I-Gum Wall mhlawumbi iyakhangelwa kakhulu kwilizwe lonke laseWashington. Yiloo nto ithetha ngayo. Abadlulileyo baye babambelela i-gum kulolu donga ukususela ekuqaleni kwee-1990 kwaye ngoku kukho i-gum ukuya kweso iso. Uza kubona ezinye iifom zeesini kwi-mess and gum hearts, ubuso bomsummy smile. Yongeza i-gum yakho, ukuba uthanda.

  Indawo: 1428 Post Alley, Seattle

• 09 we-12

  Ye Olde Shop Shop

  Ye Olde I-Curiosity Shop iyinxalenye yomgca wokukhenketha kunye nomlambo wase Seattle. Ivenkile ithengisa izinto ezintsha zokuzonwabisa, iinqununu kunye neekhumbuzo ze-Seattle, kodwa iphinda isebenze njengeminyuzi. Ivenkile yindlu yeendiza ezininzi ezipholileyo ezivela kwiidrawhal tusks ukuya kwizibonda ze-totem kwi-mummies ezimbini-uSylvester noSylvia. U-Sylvia wafunyanwa emqolombeni wase-Central America, kodwa wayenokuba ngumfuduki waseYurophu. Wayegcinwa ngokwemvelo kwaye ukhangeleka ngakumbi kuneSyvester. I-Sylvester yenye yeemimmo ezigcinwe kakuhle nakweyiphi na i-UW zeZonyango zezoNzululwazi zifumene ukuba yayilondolozwe ngokusesikweni ngesisombululo se-arsenic ngexesha elidlulileyo kwiminyaka eyi-100 edlulileyo.

  Indawo: 1001 Alaskan Way, Seattle

• 10 kwi-12

  Wallingford Wall of Death

  Nangona akulona udonga kwaye kuthiwa akukho mntu ufile apha, iWonga lokuFula yinto ekhangelekayo eyenziwe phantsi kweYunivesithi yaseByunivesithi. Umncinci omkhulu we-orange ufunda "Uluhlu Lokufa," ngoko ke uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukhangele ntoni. Izipiksi ezinkulu ziphuma emhlabeni kwaye zibambe iqhosha.

  Indawo: Ngaphantsi kweYunivesithi kufuphi neNorthlake Way

• 11 kwi-12

  Museum of Glass

  I-Museum yeTacoma ye-Glass yakha isakhiwo samanje kwaye sihle, kodwa siyaqinisekisa ukuba uhlala kancane kwi-fairade. Ukuqhankqalaza ngaphezu kwesakhiwo kunye nokubonelela ngeyona nto ephambili kwi-Tacoma's skyline iyona ikhonteli elikhulu. Ibukeka ngathi i-pod space okanye i-Apollo Command Module. I-cone isebenzayo, nangona kunjalo, kwaye igcina i-Hot Shop ye-museum apho iglasi igubha khona kwindawo yesakhiwo ngexesha leyomyuziyamu.

  Indawo: 1801 Street Street, Tacoma

• 12 kwi-12

  I-Hat 'N' Boots

  Isihlwele sesihlwele esona sikhulu esingabonakaliyo kunye neentambo zeenkwenkwezi zihamba kwi-Oxbow Park yaseGeorgetown. Inxalenye yokuqala yesikhululo segesi se-cowboy-themed gas, i-sculpture ibe yindlela yokukhanga kwendlela kunye nokubonakala kwayo "kwiZiko leNkundla yeSizwe." Ngokungaqhelekanga, isitya sasiyizakhiwo zesikhululo segesi kwaye iibhothi zasebenza njengeendawo zokuhlala. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, i-Hat n Boots iye yaba ngumqondiso wesithili saseGeorgetown. Ngoku sele ikhona kwi-Oxbow Park ukuze bonke bayakuzonwabisa.

  Indawo: 6430 Corson Avenue N, Seattle