The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

The founder of a utopian religious community based on the Golden Rule laid his son to rest on this grassy hill.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.