Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

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

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

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

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

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

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

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.