This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.