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

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

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

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

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

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.