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

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

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

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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.