Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

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

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.