A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.