This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.