To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.