This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

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

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

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

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.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.