An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York's oldest magic store.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.