The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.