This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

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

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.