Bruce Lee’s spirit may roam Lake View Cemetery at night, but I’m sure it’s wandered across the road to The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery more than once. As one of Seattle’s most legendary warriors, he would probably have lots to chat about with the ghosts of the Civil War veterans who haunt the gorgeous space. Nestled quietly on East Howe Street on the far north end of Capitol Hill, the G.A.R. cemetery is a beautiful, meditative portal into a dark chapter in American history. Anchored by the massive flagpole/obelisk at its center, the graves radiate outward in circles like ripples, bearing the names of those who fought against the Confederacy. It’s incredible to visit the space and contemplate the fact that somehow, all those 526 soldiers managed to make it this far west after the war ended in 1865, when Washington was still just a territory. Back then, only the burliest of pioneering lumberjacks contemplated settling here.