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

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.

The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.

A plaque honoring those who, in 1963, changed civil rights in Britain.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

An ornate doorway leads to the former site of one of the city's oldest society of merchants.

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

Bristol’s narrowest street is a ‘Hidden Gem’ for stunning street art

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.