This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

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

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.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.