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

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

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

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

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

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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

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

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.