The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

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

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.