In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Back in the tiny USSR.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.