Seattle, Washington
Elephant Car Wash Sign
Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.
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Seattle, Washington
Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.
Colfax, Washington
A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.
Toledo, Washington
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Seattle, Washington
Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.
Roslyn, Washington
Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.
Leavenworth, Washington
This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Olga, Washington
This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.
Mukilteo, Washington
A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.
Soap Lake, Washington
People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.
Kent, Washington
Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.
Richland, Washington
Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.
Winlock, Washington
The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.
Ellensburg, Washington
An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Seattle, Washington
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.
Vantage, Washington
An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.
Coulee City, Washington
A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.
Anacortes, Washington
This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.
Pullman, Washington
A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.
Seattle, Washington
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.