A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

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

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wonderous state park.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.