This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Because there's no place like home.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.