A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.