A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

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

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.