This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

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

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

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

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.