Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

A natural resemblance of the monster of film lore.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

Buddha figures are carved into volcanic rocks on the seashore of Yamagara Prefecture.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.