A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.