This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.