People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Orcas on display and in the water.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.