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

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.