During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.