An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The magic's in the hole!

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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.

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