Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

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

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

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

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.