This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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