The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.

The man who created the first Japanese-English Dictionary.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

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

Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

A beautiful work of art designed to impress the Allied Forces.

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A narrow, dead-end alley hides with a small fox shrine and the untold history of Yokohama's historic red-light district.