This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.