This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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

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

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

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

Orcas on display and in the water.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

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

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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.

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

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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