Seattle, Washington
Seattle Center Armory
A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.
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Seattle, Washington
A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.
Seattle, Washington
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Felicity, California
Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
San Diego, California
One of the largest trees of its kind in California.
San Diego, California
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
Tampa, Florida
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
Bacalar, Mexico
At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.