Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

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