© Tom Check

Unexpected Productions’ Seattle Theatresports started a tradition in 1993 when members used their gum as adhesive to stick coins to the Market Theater Wall next to its box office. In 1999, after numerous scrapings, the trend – and large amounts of gum - stuck and the wall is now a quirky tourist attraction located in Post Alley, under Pike Place Market.

It’s tough not to visit the Gum Wall without uttering an “eww gross.” Stretching for 50 feet and standing 15 feet high, the brick wall is covered in blobs of multi-colored chewed gum several inches thick.

A close second behind the Blarney Stone, the Gum Wall gained distinction as one of the most germ-infested tourist attractions of 2009. That’s not the only publicity the wall has gathered. The 2008 Jennifer Aniston film Love Happens features a scene at this peculiar gum-infested wall. Possibly due to all the attention – would there be any other reason? - wedding photographers are commonly spotted at the wall.