A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

A 19th-century baker stands ready to serve customers.