A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.