The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This iconic pavilion in Barquisimeto has a roof made from 16 “petals” that open and close depending on the weather.

This unique depiction of the Virgin Mary may be the tallest kinetic art sculpture in the world.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

One of the most iconic sculptures in Caracas looks like a large orange ball suspended in the air.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.