This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

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

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.