Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

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

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

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