A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.