A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.