The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.