The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.