This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

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

This site commemorates the life of a Japanese scientist who dedicated his life to the discovery of diseases.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.