This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A biblically accurate ark located beneath a Hong Kong bridge is fun for the whole Christian family.

If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

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

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

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.