A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

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

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

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

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

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.