A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.