The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This frescoed ancient burial mound is a colorful window into China’s influence in early Japan.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

A memorial marks the spot where a plane crash killed several United Nations members on a peace mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.