Colfax, Washington
The Codger Pole
A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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
The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.
Kent, Washington
Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.
Seattle, Washington
Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.
Seattle, Washington
This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Vantage, Washington
An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.
Seattle, Washington
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Olympia, Washington
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
Seattle, Washington
A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Seattle, Washington
The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Tacoma, Washington
A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Seattle, Washington
A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.