A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.