Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

This symbol of Polish heritage survived the occupation during World War II, hidden in plain sight.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.