Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

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

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