The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

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

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.