The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.