This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

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 world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.