Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.