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

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

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

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.