A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A park where the Inn and Ilz rivers join the Danube as it slinks off into Austria.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

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

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

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

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.