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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.