During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Seoul amusement park boasts a Korean-speaking pachyderm.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.