At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

A replica that won't float away.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.