The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.