This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

The man who wasn't there.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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