A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

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

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

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

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.