This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

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

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!