Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.