This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.