Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”