In 2010 a group known as Viretta Park Repair was formed, according to its website: "to repair and restore Seattle's Viretta Park and looks to create a memorial for Nirvana's singer/songwriter Kurt Cobain who died next door to the park".

Believe it or not, grunge-god Kurt Cobain and crazy-eyed Courtney Love shacked up in this Cape Cod-style home in Leschi before he passed away. Rumor has it that some of his ashes were spread around the willow tree in the front yard -- that is, unless Courtney razed said tree (as she did with the garage) to ward off stalkers.

Cobain spent his early childhood here, enrolling at nearby Robert Gray Elementary School in 1972

Their Nirvana exhibit features rare and unseen artifacts and photography from the Kurt, the band, their crews, and families.

Sub Pop originally released Nirvana's Bleach and was the influential record label of the grunge era.

Kurt met Kris Novoselic while living in Olympia and the two began to jam together, forming the crux of what became Nirvana.

A portion of Cobain's ashes were scattered into McLane Creek in Olympia, the city where he "had found his true artistic muse."