Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

A big museum full of little worlds.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.