The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

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

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

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

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

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

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.