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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

An urban laboratory.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

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

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

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

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