This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

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

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

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

Orcas on display and in the water.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.