This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.