An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

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 Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.