Anchorage, Alaska
Diamond Jim's Liquor Store Sign
A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.Â
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Anchorage, Alaska
A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.Â
Berkane, Morocco
A massive clementine marks the center of town in the citrus city of Berkane.
Redwood City, California
A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.
Renton, Washington
The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.
Astoria, Oregon
This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Klamath, California
Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.
Cave Junction, Oregon
A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Arcata, California
Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Francisco, California
The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
San Francisco, California
A monument to the love people have for their pets.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Seattle, Washington
A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.
Seattle, Washington
This edible park is open to any and all foragers.
Seattle, Washington
The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.
Seattle, Washington
A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.