A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Yo, Adrian!

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

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.