The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

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

Orcas on display and in the water.

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

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

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

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.