Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

An entire home filled with over 3,000 pieces of Santa memorabilia in glass cases, walls, on Christmas trees, and even in the bathroom.

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.