With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

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

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

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

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

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

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

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

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

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