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

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

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.