Nestled among the bamboos in a temple complex, this art installation serves as a unique memorial to insects.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

A cultural center on the shores of Lake Malawi dedicated to preserving Karonga’s past and present, including the fossilized remains of the Malawisaurus.

A replica of fossils believed to be the first scientifically-described dinosaur bones found in North America.

The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

A small section of native wilderness on a university campus

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Let these towering termite-building structures tell you where to go.