The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

The clock that sets them all.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.