Astoria, Oregon
The Astoria Column
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
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Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
New York, New York
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Seattle, Washington
A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New York, New York
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.