Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.

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.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

The largest non-native tree in Washington

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.

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

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

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

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

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

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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.