This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

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

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

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

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.