Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."