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

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

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

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

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

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

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

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

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

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

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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