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.”

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

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

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.