Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

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

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

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

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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