Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.