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

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.