An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

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

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

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

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

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

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.