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A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

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.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.