Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.