World's largest Christmas store.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.