From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.