At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

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

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.