This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

An early 20th-century fruit warehouse home of an artistic and cultural renaissance in northeastern Washington.

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

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Orcas on display and in the water.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.