This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

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

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.