What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

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

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Definitely not a clown bar.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.