Seattle, Washington
Seattle Labor Temple
This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.
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Seattle, Washington
This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Seattle, Washington
A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.
Tacoma, Washington
This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Olympia, Washington
Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.
Seattle, Washington
A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
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
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Portland, Oregon
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
South Bend, Washington
A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.
Long Beach, Washington
This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.
Long Beach, Washington
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.