Long Beach, Washington
Washington's Largest Frying Pan
This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Seattle, Washington
Center of the Universe Sign
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Seattle, Washington
Lenin Statue of Fremont
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
The Wall of Death
A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.
Seattle, Washington
World Famous Giant Shoe Museum
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
Piece of the Berlin Wall at Cafe Turko
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
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.
Seattle, Washington
Edith Macefield's House
The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.
North Bend, Washington
Twede's Cafe
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Portland, Oregon
Paul Bunyan Statue
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Portland, Oregon
Chocolate Waterfall
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Haystack Rock
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Portland, Oregon
The Grotto
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Portland, Oregon
Cathedral Park
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
San Francisco, California
Murphy Windmill
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
Faery Door
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Urbano Sundial
A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Winlock, Washington
Winlock Egg
The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.
Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
The Red Hall at Seattle’s Central Library
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Vientiane, Laos
Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park)
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
