This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.