This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

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

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

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.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.