The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Despite its name this unique art piece was established to commemorate a tragic flood.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.