Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.