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

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

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

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Always a new use for this old building.

Orcas on display and in the water.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

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

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.