Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.