This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The first modernist church in Europe.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

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

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.