Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.