How well do you know the history behind Seattle's landmarks?

A concrete troll, a burned city under our feet and a 462-foot-tall building that used to dominate the skyline. The list of historical landmarks in Seattle runs the gamut of feats of engineering to objects of bizarre curiosity.

Let’s take the Ballard Locks, for example. The over 100-year-old system of locks that allows 50,000 vessels a year to pass from Puget Sound all the way to Lake Washington was a major effort that required two canals to be dug by U.S. Army engineers and lowered the water level of Lake Washington by 9 feet.

Now go just a few miles east, and you’ll find a statue of Vladimir Lenin which was first installed in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Not too far from that, in the same neighborhood is a troll under a bridge, clutching a Volkswagen Bug with a California license plate.

But do you know the story and trivia behind Seattle’s famous buildings and spots?

Then test your knowledge. If you’re a born Seattleite, raised on smoked salmon and introduced to adulthood with a Rainier, then take the quiz HERE without any help.

How well do you know the history behind Seattle’s landmarks?