A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.