100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

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

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.