A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A science teacher's dream.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This abandoned office building is a lasting example of Soviet-era architecture.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.