This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

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

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.