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

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

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

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.