Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

The birthplace of modern China.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A shrine to the missionary who first brought Islam to China.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

The world's tallest circular building is loaded with symbolism, but many just see a big donut.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.