Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

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

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

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

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

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

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

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

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

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.