When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

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

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.