One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Here be dragons.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.