A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

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

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

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

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

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

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.