This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This structure, built more than 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods, is known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.

The remains of the worst military aviation accident in Canada's history.

This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

Travel this route to explore a canyon crafted by ancient glaciers.