"Makah carver Greg Colfax, right, smokes a pipe Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 watching a 32-foot totem pole he restored get reinstalled at the historic Totem House in Ballard that will reopen as the Red Mill Totem House restaurant in September. 

The Totem House opened in the late 1930s as a gift and tourist shop, and later was turned a restaurant, said co-owner John Shepherd. Two non-native artists originally carved the totem pole for the gift shop. Several other small totem poles will also be preserved and placed inside the building."Read more. Courtesy of the Seattle Times