Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

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

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

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

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

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

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

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

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