One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.