The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The middle finger of modernity.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.