These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Mexican food and folk art.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.