Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.