In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.