Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

A former Catholic seminary, now a Washington State Park, preserves undeveloped lands on Lake Washington and also hosts a luxury hotel.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A former railroad trestle over Interstate 90 has been refurbished for non-motorized traffic on the Palouse to Cascades trail.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.