Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.