This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

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

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

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.