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

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

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

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

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

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

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.