A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

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

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

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

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.