The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.