This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.

This multi-functional park is a marvel of civic engagement.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

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

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.