With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

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This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.