Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.