This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

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

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

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

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

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

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

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

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

This park straddling the United States-Canadian border has been a symbol of peace since 1932.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.