A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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.”

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.