Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

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

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.