A precursor to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Tower of the Sun.

This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.