Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

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

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.