On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.