Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.