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A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

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

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.