The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.