On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.