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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An urban laboratory.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.