Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The first tourist attraction to offer tours for interstellar tourists.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.