This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The magic's in the hole!

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

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

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

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

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

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

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

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