This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

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

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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

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

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.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.