Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

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

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

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

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

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

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

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

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

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

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

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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