An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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

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