Crash! The only thing the collapse of the stock market in 1929 didn't affect was the distinctive Art-Deco style of this building. Originally built to house this city's Stock Exchange, the building is shown here in 1932, two years after it was completed.

Can you hear that whistle blow? King Street Station, shown here in about 1913, was the last stop for many Great Northern and Northern Pacific trains on the West Coast. What city still looks to this clock tower for the time?

Five active volcanoes, part of the Cascade mountain range, overlook this Washington city. On a clear day, you can see all five from there... that is, if it's not raining.

This 42-floor building has survived three big earthquakes! Built in 1914, the Smith Tower was known as the tallest building west of the Rockies for almost 50 years.

Bridging Salmon Bay to one of the largest man-made islands in the world, the Great Northern Railway Bridge still opens to let tall ships pass to this day.

Northern Life Insurance Company tried to outdo the Smith Tower by constructing this high-rise tower in 1928. More than 200 floodlights lit the building in what was described as a "phantasmagoric display." What city tried to create its own northern lights on the Northern Life Tower?

Although Northern Pacific trains eventually made it here, this city lost the battle for the transcontinental railroad terminus in 1883.

This city has long been home to one of America's largest airplane producers.