The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.