This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.