Seattle, Washington
Burke Museum Ichthyology Collection
This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.
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Seattle, Washington
This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.
Seattle, Washington
The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.
Seattle, Washington
Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.
Seattle, Washington
A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Seattle, Washington
This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.
Seattle, Washington
A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.
Seattle, Washington
Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Olga, Washington
This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.
Leavenworth, Washington
The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
North Bend, Washington
This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.
Lexington, Oregon
Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Everett, Washington
This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.
Monroe, Washington
The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Hermiston, Oregon
A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.