Tokyo, Japan
Detective Bar Progress
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
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Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
Tokyo, Japan
A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.
South Hero, Vermont
This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.
Stowe, Vermont
A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.
Most, Czechia
This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Prague, Czechia
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Queensland, Nova Scotia
Tucked away in a quiet corner of rural Nova Scotia, the first museum in North America dedicated to preserving the art of making rugs by hand.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.
Nuremberg, Germany
An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
Geneva, Switzerland
This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Hiroshima, Japan
This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.
Ōme, Japan
A hidden alley with seven corners and handmade cat decorations.
Ōme, Japan
A collection of nostalgic items from the Showa era with an exhibit on the local ghost story of the Snow Woman.
Tokyo, Japan
A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.
Tokyo, Japan
This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.
Toba-shi, Japan
Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.
Sado, Japan
These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.
Tokyo, Japan
Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.