A young Gustave Eiffel assisted in the construction of this skinny metal observation tower.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.