The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.