A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

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

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

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

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.