The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.