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

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

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

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

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

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

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

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.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.