An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

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

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

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

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.