A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

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

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

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

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

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.