10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

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.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.