Tokyo, Japan
Meiji University Museum’s Criminal Materials Department
Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.
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Tokyo, Japan
Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.
Staten Island, New York
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Washington, D.C.
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Upton, Massachusetts
This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
Sacramento, California
Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.
New York, New York
An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.
Wellesley, Ontario
It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Adjacent to Narayanhiti Palace, this park commemorates those who fought in Nepal's civil war.
Smardale, England
A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.
Smartno, Slovenia
This building was recently restored to its original 1908 design, showing the old style of Russian summer houses.
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.
Brooklyn, New York
Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.
Smartsville, California
Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.
Belgrade, Minnesota
This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.