This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.