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

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

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

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.