This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

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

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

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.

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

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

Make it an offering.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

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

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

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

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.