A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

This garden is very fertile.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.