One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The history and future of cannabis.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

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

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

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

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