People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.