A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.