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

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

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

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

Where the oil industry began.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Yo, Adrian!

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.