This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

These tiny book repositories are inspiring new readers across Northern Ireland.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A local prank turned town icon.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

It may be a "Smoke Free Ontario" today, but at this museum you can still get a whiff of yesterday’s Golden Age of tobacco farming.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

A small museum houses a long, rich history of life and death on Lake Erie — from famous shipwrecks to rum smugglers.