Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

Unbeknownst to many, an ancient burial mound hides in plain sight in Ueno Park.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

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

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.