Seattle, Washington
Rubber Chicken Museum
The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.
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Seattle, Washington
The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.
Seattle, Washington
A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Seattle, Washington
Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.
Seattle, Washington
Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.
Seattle, Washington
The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.
Seattle, Washington
Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.
Chicago, Illinois
No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.
Renton, Washington
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.
North Bend, Washington
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Bartonville, Illinois
Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.
Urbana, Illinois
The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.
Chicago, Illinois
A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Chester, Illinois
Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
Hillside, Illinois
Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.