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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

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

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.