Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

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

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

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

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

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

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

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

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.