Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Crafted by one of the first makers of stoneware in England.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

A quirky statue in Bermondsey made by 100 public participants with goggles, chisels, and mallets.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Massive fortified towers blend North American and Chinese architecture.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

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