Seattle, Washington
Kubota Garden
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
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Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
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.
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.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Tacoma, Washington
"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Long Beach, Washington
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Centralia, Washington
In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Lane County, Oregon
While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Seaside, Oregon
Where Nor'easters go to die.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Goldendale, Washington
A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.
Culver, Oregon
Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Longview, Washington
This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.
Cougar, Washington
This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Lyons, Oregon
1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.