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

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

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.