This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

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

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

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.