Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

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

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

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

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

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

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.