Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

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

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.