This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

Hiding in plane sight.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.