Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Always a new use for this old building.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

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

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

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.