A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

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

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The magic's in the hole!

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

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

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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