Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

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.

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

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

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

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

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.