This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

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

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.