Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

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

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.