Washington Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Washington. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Richland | Seattle | Spokane
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Aberdeen: Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
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Aberdeen: International Mermaid Museum
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Aberdeen: Kurt Cobain Tributes - Concrete Guitar
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Aberdeen: Where Kurt Cobain Lived in a Refrigerator Box
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Allyn: Largest Collection of Chainsaw Carvings
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Anacortes: Lady Of The Sea Statue
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Anacortes: Overgrown Ship Hulk
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Anacortes: Salmon Trash Cans
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Arlington: Christmas Tree and Kangaroo Farm
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Arlington: Hippie Bus Tree Shrine
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Arlington: Walk-Thru Stump, Former Drive-Thru
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Ashford: Ex Nihilo: Recycled Spirits of Iron
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Auburn: Coffee Pot Coffee House
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Auburn: Giant Crow with French Fries
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Bainbridge Island: Frog Rock
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Bainbridge Island: Pia the Peacekeeper: Giant Troll
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Bellevue: Giant Tiki Head
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Bellevue: Temple of Stones - Nudge a Stonehenge
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Bellingham: Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon Rocket
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Bellingham: Lightning Cage: Spark Museum of Electrical Invention
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Blaine: International Peace Arch
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Bonney Lake: Skystone - Mysterious Astro-Rock
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Bow: Driftwood Menagerie of Joe Treat
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Bremerton: Ghost Fleet of Navy Ships
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Bremerton: USS Turner Joy: Infamous Destroyer
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Brinnon: World's Largest Clam Pile
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Burlington: Bigfoot Museum
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Burlington: Children's Church - Ark-Shaped
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Carnation: Camlann Medieval Village
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Carnation: World's Champion Milk Cow Statue
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Cashmere: Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village
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Cashmere: Spirit of America 9/11 Memorial
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Cedar Grove: Samurai of Iron
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Centralia: Auto Parts Man
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Centralia: Shady Lady Bordello Museum
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Chehalis: Historical Yard Bird
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Chehalis: Right-Wing Uncle Sam Billboard
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Chehalis: Yard Bird Statues
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Chelan: Frankenstein Rock
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Chelan: Indian Chief Hoists Fish Over Head
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Colfax: The Codger Pole
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College Place: Shoe Tree
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Concrete: Drive Under a High School
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Concrete: Welcome to Concrete: Silo Park
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Connell: Wildlife Of Connell: Otterness
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Copalis Beach: Copalis State Beach Airport
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Cougar: Ape Cave Lava Tube
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Coulee City: Earth's Largest Waterfall, No Water
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Coulee Dam: Grand Coulee Dam Laser Light Show
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Coupeville: Price Sculpture Forest
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Coupeville: See Whale, Ring Whale Bell
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Coupeville: Tree Slab Of Renown
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Creston: Tiny Chapel
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Dayton: Hillside Jolly Green Giant
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Des Moines: Big Catch: Half-Woman, Half-Fish
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Des Moines: Maury Island UFO Mural
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Disautel Pass: Sasquatch On Outcrop
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East Wenatchee: Lincoln Rock
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Eastsound: Orca Killer Whale
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Edmonds: Moon Walk Monument
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Edmonds: Tourists with Sea Gulls on Heads, and Other Art
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Elbe: Tiny Church
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Electric City: Auto Parts Family and "The Muffler Man"
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Electric City: Gehrke's Windmill Folk Art
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Elk: The Robot Hut
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Ellensburg: 1936 Gas Station Mod
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Ellensburg: Bull Sitting on Bench Photo Op
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Ellensburg: Dick and Jane's Spot
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Ellensburg: Hi-way Grille Neon Sign
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Ellensburg: Kitt Coyote Statue
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Ellensburg: Statue of the Sign Language Chimp
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Ellensburg: Tour a Wind Farm
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Elma: Satsop Abandoned Nuclear Plant
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Entiat: Earthquake Point
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Entiat: Numeral Mountain
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Ephrata: Boat-Truck
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Everett: Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum: SpaceShipOne
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Everett: Flying Saucer With Transporter Beam
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Everett: Muffler Man - Stevedore Man
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Everett: Pyramid Tomb of the Ruckers
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Forks: Forks Timber Museum, Loggers Memorial
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Forks: John's Beachcombing Museum
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Forks: Twilight Movie Vampire Town
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Friday Harbor: World's Skinniest Latte Shop
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George: George, Washington
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Gig Harbor: Galloping Gertie Relics
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Granger: 9/11 Twin Towers Plus Dinosaurs
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Granger: Dinosaur Town With Volcano
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Granite Falls: Mural by Teenage Chris Pratt
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Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Historic Nuclear B Reactor
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Hobart: Yellow Submarine
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Hoquiam: Grizzly Bear Statue
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Index: Statue - Friendly Bigfoot
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Issaquah: Treehouse Point
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Issaquah: Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-in
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Kalaloch: World's Largest Western Red Cedar Tree
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Kennewick: Banged-Up 9/11 Memorial
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Kennewick: Lower Half of Whitney Southwick
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Kennewick: Newsboy Statue
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Keyport: Naval Undersea Museum
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Kid Valley: Bigfoot and the Buried A-Frame
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Kingston: Fish Wearing Pants, other Krazy Kreatures
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Kirkland: Cow and Coyote Dress-Up Statues
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La Conner: Statue of "Dirty Biter" the Dog
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La Grande: Indian Henry's Grave Monument
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Lake City: Monument: Will Roger's Last Polo Match
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Lakewood: Strip Mall Martyr Rock
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Leavenworth: Bavarian-Themed Town
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Leavenworth: Giant Suit of Armor
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Leavenworth: Nutcracker Museum
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Lind: Combine Demolition Derby
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Littlerock: Mysterious Mima Mounds
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Long Beach: Clark and Ten-Foot-Long Dead Fish
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Long Beach: Marsh's Free Museum
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Long Beach: The Pirates Keep
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Long Beach: Wooden Mermaid
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Long Beach: World's Largest Chopsticks
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Long Beach: World's Largest Frying Pan
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Long Beach: World's Largest Spitting Clam
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Long Beach: World's Longest Drivable Beach
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Longview: Front Yard Chainsaw Bigfoot
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Longview: Nutty Narrows - Squirrel Bridges
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Lyman: Horniest Tavern of the Northwest
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Lynden: Full-Size Dutch Windmill
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Lynnwood: Accordion Museum
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Lynnwood: Pants-on-Fire Blues Brothers
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Manson: Danger: Falling Cows
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Manson: Fanfare for the Common Duck
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Marblemount: Wildwood Chapel - Tiny Church
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Marblemount: Woodcarved Bigfoot
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Maryhill: Sam Hill's Stonehenge
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Menlo: The Pickled Pioneer
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Metaline Falls: Shoe Tree
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Mineral: Smallest Post Office in the U.S.
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Monroe: The Reptile Zoo
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Moses Lake: Farm Junk Mammoth Skeleton
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Mount Vernon: Unstaffed Honor Cider Store
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Mt. Vernon: Construction Crane Building
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Mt. Vernon: Giant Tulips
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Mukilteo: Huge Paper Airplane
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Mukilteo: Tour the Boeing Factory
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Newhalem: Temple of Power
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North Bend: Twin Peaks Diner, Pies
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North Bonneville: Bigfoot Family
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North Bonneville: Evil Lab from Short Circuit: Stand on Live Generator
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Oak Harbor: Flintstone Car
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Oak Harbor: Sidewalk Sea Monster
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Ocean City: Blue Eyed Surf'n Sasquatches
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Ocean Shores: Sharky's Shark Head Entrance
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Okanogan: Curtis Sheep Slaughter Was Here
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Olga: Skeleton in Old Car, and More
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Olympia: Metal Cows
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Olympia: Photo Props at Burger Shack
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Olympia: Run of Giant Fiberglass Salmon
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Omak: Native American Scene At Gas Station
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Omak: Omak Rock
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Omak: Rodeo Walk of Fame
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Packwood: Prayer Park
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Plymouth: Walk-Thru Railroad Tunnel
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Pomeroy: Muffler Man Indian Chief
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Pomeroy: Muffler Man: Rainbow Man
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Pomeroy: Uniroyal Gal with Tattoo
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Port Angeles: Carved Tree Faces
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Port Angeles: Crawl-Thru Outdoor Whale Vertebra
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Port Angeles: Rocktopus
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Port Gamble: Of Sea and Shore Museum
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Port Hadlock: Fake Airplane Landing
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Port Orchard: Fake Barnyard of Gaudy Animals
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Port Orchard: Hobbit Hut
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Port Townsend: Eaglemount Rockery: Mini-Wonderland
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Port Townsend: Fat Smitty's Restaurant
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Port Townsend: Old Jail Cells
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Port Townsend: Plywood Dog
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Port Townsend: Worried Buoy
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Poulsbo: 12-Foot-Tall Concrete Viking
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Poulsbo: Statue of Viking King Olaf
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Prosser: Gravity Hill
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Pullman: Real Grizzly Bears
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Puyallup: Muffler Man - Bunyan
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Puyallup: The Open Heart
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Quilcene: Pearl of the Peninsula Art Park
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Quinault: Valley of the Rainforest Giants
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Raymond: Northwest Carriage Museum
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Raymond: Town of Metal People
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Raymond: Willapa Seaport Museum
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Redondo: 1962 Seattle World's Fair Bubbleator
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Renton: Erasmus the Rooftop Dragon
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Renton: Grave of Jimi Hendrix
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Renton: Lovely Sewage Plant Grotto
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Renton: U-Haul Space Needle
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Richland: USS Triton Sub Surfaces
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Ridgefield: Jefferson Davis Highway Markers
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Ridgefield: Little Golden Gate Bridge
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Ridgefield: Rival Birthplace of U-Haul
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Ritzville: Horseshoe Stagecoach and Team
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Ritzville: Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum
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Roche Harbor: Afterglow Vista Mausoleum - Strange Grave
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Roslyn: Marlon Brando Motorcycle Mural
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Roslyn: Northern Exposure TV Town
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Seattle: 46-Foot-Tall Squished Head
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Seattle: Archie McPhee Catalog Store
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Seattle: Aurora Elephant
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Seattle: B.F. Day Tile Mural
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Seattle: Baby vs. Burrito
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Seattle: Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop
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Seattle: Berlin Wall Slab
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Seattle: Big Japanese Robot
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Seattle: Big Paddle Ball
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Seattle: Birthplace of UPS
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Seattle: Bridgetender Rapunzel in Neon
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Seattle: Bronze Statue of Jimi Hendrix
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Seattle: Dance Steps in the Sidewalk
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Seattle: Dinosaur Topiary
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Seattle: Equality - Prosperity vs. Wretchedness
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Seattle: Fish Ladder Viewing Room
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Seattle: Food Court Berlin Wall
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Seattle: Fremont Center of the Universe Sign
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Seattle: Fremont Rocket
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Seattle: Giant Red Twin Popsicle
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Seattle: Giant Shoe Museum
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Seattle: Giant Shovel
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Seattle: Graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee
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Seattle: Great White Fleet of 1908
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Seattle: Hammering Man
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Seattle: Hat n' Boots
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Seattle: House That Would Not Move
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Seattle: King Crimson Mouth
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Seattle: Late for the Interurban
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Seattle: Lenin Statue
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Seattle: MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture
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Seattle: Motel Where Kurt Cobain Shot Heroin
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Seattle: Neon: Pink Elephant Car Wash
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Seattle: Official Bad Art Museum of Art
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Seattle: Orient Express: FDR's Train Car
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Seattle: Pac-Man Park
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Seattle: Park Bench Tribute to Kurt Cobain
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Seattle: Parking Squid
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Seattle: RE-PC Computer Museum
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Seattle: Rooftop Saturn
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Seattle: Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
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Seattle: Seattle Pinball Museum
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Seattle: Seattle Underground Tour
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Seattle: Site of a Hooverville
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Seattle: Soul Pole
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Seattle: Sound Garden
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Seattle: Space Needle
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Seattle: Spite House
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Seattle: Statue Of Liberty Plaza
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Seattle: Statue of Viking Leif Erickson
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Seattle: Strange Creatures and Naked Humans
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Seattle: Submarine Relics: The Fin Project
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Seattle: Taejonjeong: Korea Sister City Gift
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Seattle: The Fremont Troll
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Seattle: The Gum Wall
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Seattle: Unity Museum
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Seattle: Waiting for the Interurban
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Seattle: Wall of Death
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Seattle: Wallingford Wildlife Totem Pole
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Seattle: World Flight Monument
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Seattle: World's Fair Monorail
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Seattle: World's First Service Station Site
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Seattle: World's Largest Trophy Cup
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Seattle: World's Oldest Starbucks
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Seattle: Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
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Sekiu: Gil the Running Fish
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Sekiu: Killer Whale Lawn Pod
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Sekiu: Rosie: Fish with Legs and Breasts
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Sequim: Bandy's Troll Haven
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Sequim: Manis Mastodon Site
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Sequim: Olympic Game Farm
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Sequim: Spend a Night in a Caboose
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Shelton: Big Metal Pig
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Shelton: Muffler Man - Bunyan
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Silver Lake: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
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Skamania: 4,000 Rosaries
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Snohomish: Car Parts Metal Welder
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Snoqualmie: The Big Log
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Snoqualmie: Twin Peaks TV Waterfall
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Soap Lake: Largest Human Sundial
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Soap Lake: Robot With Rocket
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Soap Lake: Rugged Terrain Golf Course
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South Bend: World's Largest Oyster
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Spirit Lake: Spirit Lake Volcano Destruction
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Spokane Valley: Giant British Phone Booth
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Spokane Valley: St. Joseph Mini Castle
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Spokane: 1939 Ice Cream Shop With Old Toys
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Spokane: Banner of Service - 9/11 Memorial
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Spokane: Bing Crosby Boyhood Home and Museum
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Spokane: Boris Borzum: 16-Foot-Tall Metal Man
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Spokane: Fallen Astronaut Hero
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Spokane: Garbage Goat of the Welding Nun
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Spokane: Giant Red Wagon
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Spokane: Jedi Alliance: Church of Jediism
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Spokane: Milk Bottle Building #1
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Spokane: Milk Bottle Building #2
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Spokane: Statue of Victim of Sewage Tank Collapse
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Spokane: Steel Yard Art
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Spokane: Way Out West Statue Farm
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Sprague: V1 Rocket/Space Jet on a Stick
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Sultan: Sultan John: 13-Foot-Tall Man with Fish
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Sultan: Wayside Chapel - Tiny Church
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Sumas: Gold Prospector Statue
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Sumas: Statue of the Coffee Lady
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Sumner: Drive-Thru Chapel
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Tacoma: 20-Foot-Tall Welcome Giantess
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Tacoma: Bing Crosby's Birthplace
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Tacoma: Bob's Java Jive: Giant Coffee Pot
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Tacoma: Chihuly Bridge of Glass
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Tacoma: Concrete Fantasia
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Tacoma: Korean Bible Figures
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Tacoma: LeMay: America's Car Museum
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Tacoma: Proper Role of Man and Fish Statue
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Tacoma: Shell from the USS Maine
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Tacoma: Shrine to Tacoma's Super-Salesman
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Tacoma: Statue of Earthquake Hero Kid
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Tacoma: Tacoma's Unwelcome Goddess of Commerce
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Tacoma: World Globe 9/11 Memorial
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Toledo: Gospodor Monuments
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Toppenish: Toppenish Murals: Man vs Bear
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Toppenish: Totem Pole House
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Toppenish: Yakima Nation Museum and Teepees
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Touche: Twin Sisters Rock
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Toutle: Statue of the Tree Planter
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Tukwila: Walk-Thru Space Shuttle
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Twisp: Beeest: Yellow Jacket On A Pole
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Twisp: Taxidermy-Filled Grocery Store
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Union: Yard Bird, Now a Farm Bird
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University Place: Chief Seattle Computer Bust
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Vancouver: Devil-ish Little Things Museum
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Vancouver: Taxidermy Wooden Moose
- Vancouver: Wacky McWiener
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Vancouver: Wendy the Welder - Striding Cubist Lady Worker Statue
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Vantage: Ginkgo Gem Shop Dinosaurs
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Vantage: Wild Stallion Sculptures
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Vashon Island: Bicycle Eaten by Tree
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Vashon: Chainsaw Schizophrenic Statue
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Vashon: Sleep in a Covered Wagon or Teepee
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Waitsburg: Orchestra Barn
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Walla Walla: Bizarro X Tombstone
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Walla Walla: Melody Muffler Sculptures
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Walla Walla: Museum of Un-Natural History
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Walla Walla: Whitman Massacre Site Interpretive Center
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Waterville: Lumpy Dowser Statue
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Wenatchee: Coyote Reading A Candy Wrapper
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Wenatchee: Helpful Coyote Saves the Salmon
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Wenatchee: Statue of Guppo the Clown
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Wenatchee: Triceratops
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Westport: Lighthouse Retreating from the Ocean
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White Salmon: Almost Bavarian Town
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Wilbur: Wilbur the Pig
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Wilkeson: Bacon and Eggs Skatepark
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Winlock: World's Largest Egg
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Winthrop: Old West Themed Town
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Woodland: Grist Mill "Free" Bag of Flour
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Yakima: Pistol Sign: Bonnie And Clyde's Muffler
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Zillah: Church of God-Zillah
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Zillah: Teapot Dome Gas Station
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Aberdeen: Kurt Cobain Relics
- Arlington: Coffee Pot Hut
- Auburn: Banana Museum
- Auburn: Flaming Geyser
- Bothell: 20-Foot-Tall Polka-Dot Chicken
- Bow: Ghost Bicycle Fence
- Centralia: Giant Pencil
- Centralia: RichArt's Art Yard
- Ellensburg: Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
- Issaquah: Buddy Holly's Bus
- Kalama: A Very Tall Totem Pole
- Kent: Mythical Guardian and Giant Penguin Made of Spoons
- La Conner: John Wayne's Yacht
- Maltby: Tall Latte Cup-Shaped Espresso Drive Thru
- Moses Lake: House of Poverty Museum
- Mount Vernon: Biggest Hedge Maze in North America
- Olympia: Black Light Miniature Golf
- Olympia: Chiropractic Bigfoot
- Pataha: Plate Metal Creatures
- Puyallup: Dinosaur Theme McDonald's
- Renton: Office Park Stonehenge
- Richland: CREHST Museum - Atomic Marbles
- Rockport: Self-Kicking Machine
- Seattle: Drinking Man
- Seattle: Giant Typewriter Eraser
- Seattle: Goodwill Stuffed Grizzly Bear
- Seattle: Human Toe Truck
- Seattle: Live! Lady Bugs
- Seattle: Naked Trump Statue
- Seattle: Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
- Seattle: Soviet "Cobra" Submarine
- Seattle: Theo Chocolate Factory Tour
- Seattle: Twin Teepees Restaurant
- Seattle: Walker Rock Garden
- Seattle: World's Ugliest Statue of Columbus
- Spokane: Marvin Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum
- Tacoma: Midland Mosaics - Backyard Giants
- Tacoma: Never Never Land
- Tacoma: Please Stand for our National Anthem
- Tacoma: Tree Trunk Tribute to The Hobbit
- Tenino: Sculpture Park, Butterfly Hedge Maze
- Thornwood: Personal Tiger Zoo
- Toutle: Mt. St. Helens Miracle Survivor Car
- Twisp: Old Truck Billboard
- Vashon: Home Gym Retirement Vista
- Wenatchee: Eye-Rolling and Winking Indian Billboard
- Yacolt: Train Engine Stuck in Store