The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

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

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

Sip sweet, luxuriously creamy Hong Kong-style milk tea at this cafe.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.