Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This art center located in a former hydroelectric plant uses native plants to create paper for kites, bags, jewelry, and more.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.