This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Orcas on display and in the water.

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

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.