The magic's in the hole!

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

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

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

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

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

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

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

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

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

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.