A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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.”

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Home to items never before seen by the public.