Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

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

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.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.