Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, you can drive through the trunk of an ancient tree.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

At this century-old barbershop, clients used to be entertained with a glass of brandy and a cigar.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

Built in 1925, this glass-roofed shopping arcade is known for its modernist Italian architecture.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

Inaugurated three times, this tower offers some of the best views of Madrid.

This sculpture pays homage to the street sweepers of Madrid since its inauguration in 2001 in Plaza Jacinto Benavente.

On market days, a tax collector sat in a small cave at the end of this arched bridge.