Jeff B's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Jeff B

Visit and photograph various points of interest in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho using Atlas Obscura as one of my directories of choice destinations.

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Seattle, Washington

Georgetown Steam Plant

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

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Seattle, Washington

Steve's Weird House

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Dylan

Seattle, Washington

'A Sound Garden'

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

Hiawatha Trail

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

slgwv

North Idaho Trading Company

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

Added by bourgard12

Pulaski Tunnel Trail

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

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Spokane, Washington

The Campbell House

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

Added by Wennyth

Spokane, Washington

Indigenous Eats

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Bellingham, Washington

Whatcom Museum

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

Added by amdawson

Bellingham, Washington

SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Added by elaine

Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

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Bruneau Canyon

The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.

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Rosario Beach, Washington

The Maiden of Deception Pass

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

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Added by RobertPakko

Anacortes, Washington

Green Point

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

Burlington, Washington

Skagit-Squatch

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

Added by emilyysmithh

Upheaval Dome

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Added by zackofalltrades

Crater Rings

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

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Olga, Washington

The Aproximada

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

DrSammy

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Friday Harbor, Washington

Whale Museum

Orcas on display and in the water.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Eastsound, Washington

Howe Art

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

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Added by EricGrundhauser

Friday Harbor, Washington

Afterglow Vista

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

Added by thendaramarie

Tillamook, Oregon

2nd Street Coffee House

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

Added by shminta

McKenzie Bridge, Oregon

Sahalie Falls

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Added by marcusdgilmer

Sisters, Oregon

Clear Lake

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Added by Rachel Gould