For centuries, one side of this basilica has integrated local archaeological finds.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The infamous 'Incident at Honnō-ji' brought an end to Oda Nobunaga’s attempt to unify a warring Japan.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

This former power station is now a museum dedicated to the region's coal-producing history.

An open-air sculpture museum in a park in Alcorcón.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Few symbols capture the spirit of Catalonia more vividly than its tradition of human towers.

Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.

This enormous sardine in the Segura River pays tribute to an annual post-Lent tradition.

Legend has it that the water from this fountain has miraculous healing properties.

A thorough look at the development and history of the underground's rolling stock of the Madrid subway system.