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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

The world's only known button museum.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.