The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

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

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

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

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

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

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

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.