Hong Kong
Signal Hill Tower and Garden
A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.
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Hong Kong
A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.
Vienna, Austria
Sturdy scales are a surprising thing to find in a modern European city.
Toyooka, Japan
A dramatic landscape of ancient lava, carved into hexagonal columns by nature itself.
Sheffield, England
An interactive museum where visitors can play through the evolution of video games.
Faiyum, Egypt
The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.
Tokyo, Japan
You can receive a blessing for your electronics at this Shinto shrine near Akihabara.
Zhengzhou, China
The real Buddhist temple where the fictional Kwai Chang Kaine (David Carradine) trained in TV's 'Kung Fu' series.
Hong Kong
Order a whiskey neat in the former jail of Kowloon’s British-era Marine Police Headquarters.
Hong Kong
Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.
Hong Kong
Sample Hong Kong’s famous “Swiss wings” at the source.
Hong Kong
Serve yourself from the heaping carts piled with bamboo steamers at what may be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum parlor.
Providence, Rhode Island
This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.
Hong Kong
Jet fuel-powered flames lend dishes a pleasant char at one of the last of Hong Kong’s remaining streetside restaurants.
Tokyo, Japan
A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.
Tokyo, Japan
This shrine is home to an unusual trifold torii and a replica Trafalgar Square lion.
St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Nihommatsu, Japan
Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
Sukagawa, Japan
A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This fine arts hall honors the mastermind behind our beloved creepy and kooky Addams Family.
Carbondale, Illinois
The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.
Tokyo, Japan
This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.