A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

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

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

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

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.