This glass-themed tourist park in northern Japan feels like taking a step back in time.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.