Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
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Washington, D.C.
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Seattle, Washington
Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?
Seattle, Washington
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
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.
La Push, Washington
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Portland, Oregon
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.