The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.