A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

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 whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

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

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

Always a new use for this old building.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

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

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

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.