Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

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

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

This lake with an inactive volcano underneath is often said to be bottomless.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.