Seattle, Washington
Book Arts & Rare Book Collections
Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.
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Seattle, Washington
Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
The window above the urinal in the men's restroom is a giant periscope that offers a panoramic view of Eagle Harbor.
Vashon, Washington
Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.
Bellevue, Washington
This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Richland, Washington
Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.
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.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Cataldo, Idaho
A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.
Wallace, Idaho
After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.
Joseph, Oregon
The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Pendleton, Oregon
The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
North Bonneville, Washington
Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
Portland, Oregon
A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.
Portland, Oregon
Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.