Tirana, Albania
Pyramid of Tirana
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
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Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Alajuela, Costa Rica
A park that allows you to get up close and personal with one of the world's largest open volcanic craters.
Soufriere, Saint Lucia
The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.
Barbados
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Singapore
Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Nagasaki, Japan
The oldest western-style houses in Japan are centered around the industrialist Thomas Glover.
Sapporo, Japan
A statue of the forgotten American who helped transform Hokkaido and Japan.
Sapporo, Japan
Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.
Shiraoi, Japan
Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.
Kochi, Japan
This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.
Sapporo, Japan
An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”
Sapporo, Japan
This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.
Nagasaki, Japan
The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Nagasaki, Japan
A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Kyoto, Japan
This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Hokkaidō, Japan
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.