A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

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

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.

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

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

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

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

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.