Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.