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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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.”

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.