A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

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

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

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

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

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

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

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.