The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The supreme shrine of the state.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A replica that won't float away.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.