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

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

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

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

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

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

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

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

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.