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The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

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

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

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

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

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

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

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

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.

A museum dedicated to celebrating the humble wingnut.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."