A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

Low tide reveals an ocean bridge to an island full of art.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.