These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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

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

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

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

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.