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

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.