The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

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

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

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

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.