The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.