Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

At the time of its construction, this type of door was nearly unheard of.

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.

Associated with one of Japan's most famous fairy tales, this temple is home to a statue purportedly brought from the undersea palace of the Dragon God.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This site commemorates the life of a Japanese scientist who dedicated his life to the discovery of diseases.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Berlin's old airport.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.