Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.