This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.