Pacific Coast Trip

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

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

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

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Novelty shop is as much an eyeful as its name is a mouthful to say, with over 3,000 unique items for sale.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

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

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

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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.

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

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.