Geology in Washington

An enormous boulder deposited by the Scabland floods lies in the Quincy Basin among a host of smaller boulders.

A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

The crumbling remains of a gold mine that was operational in the 1930s.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

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

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

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

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

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