A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

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