This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."