Vancouver, Washington
Briz Loan & Guitar
Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.
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Vancouver, Washington
Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.
Vancouver, Washington
A monument dedicated to three unlikely visitors to North America.
Vancouver, Washington
A library of only unpublished manuscripts.
Toutle, Washington
Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.
Toledo, Washington
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Chehalis, Washington
A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.
Olympia, Washington
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Carcross, Yukon
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Ketchikan, Alaska
A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
Tacoma, Washington
This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.
Tacoma, Washington
This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.
Tacoma, Washington
A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.
Tacoma, Washington
The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.
Tacoma, Washington
This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.
Tacoma, Washington
Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.
Tacoma, Washington
This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.