The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

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

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

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.