Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

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.”

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.

Visible from both land and sea.

A beautiful hike through national parks, forests and beaches in Western Australia.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.