Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.