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.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.