This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This is the house that spite built.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.