The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

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

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

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.

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

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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