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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

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

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.