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

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.