Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

Learn about the neighborhood founded by the last people ever brought to the United States by the Atlantic Slave Trade, still inhabited by their descendants.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This frenetic mural recalls an annual festival that once took the city by storm.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.