Bainbridge Island, Washington
Pia the Peacekeeper
This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.
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Bainbridge Island, Washington
This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Seattle, Washington
A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Chicago, Illinois
A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.
Mishawaka, Indiana
One of the few authentic Japanese gardens in the state of Indiana and perhaps the most peaceful place in the city of Mishawaka.
Lowville, New York
Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot showcases Lewis County's dairy farming heritage and boasts an impressive rotation of seasonal outfits.
Shelburne, Vermont
A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
South Burlington, Vermont
A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
Derby, Vermont
This unusual building straddles two countries.
Boston, Massachusetts
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.