In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

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

In British Columbia, a unique microclimate has allowed these trees to live much longer than they usually would.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.