It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

A symbol of Texas pride.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.