Poulsbo, Washington
'Little Norway on the Fjord'
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
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Poulsbo, Washington
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
Poulsbo, Washington
Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
Lane County, Oregon
While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Wallace, Idaho
This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Toledo, Washington
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Bend, Oregon
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
Terrebonne, Oregon
The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Renton, Washington
The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.