One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

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

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.