Seattle, Washington
Orient Express Restaurant
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
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Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Seattle, Washington
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.
Seattle, Washington
Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Seattle, Washington
This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.
Britannia Beach, British Columbia
From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Richmond, British Columbia
One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.
Burnaby, British Columbia
While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Tarumã, Brazil
This museum on the site of a former rubber plantation showcases the harsh conditions to which rubber tappers in the Amazon were subjected.
Manaus, Brazil
A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.