A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.