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

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

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.