De Libertas Quirkas

Visited the neighborhood of Fremont, Seattle today, known alternately as "The People's Republic of Fremont" (for its association with various counterculture elements) and "The Center of the Universe." Their unofficial motto, De Libertas Quirkas, translates roughly to "the freedom to be peculiar," and everywhere this motto rings true. Below are several pictures of landmarks in Fremont, including the Fremont Rocket, the "Fremont Troll" (a troll under a bridge!), and a massive statue of Vladimir Lenin. Learn more about Fremont here, if you'd like.