Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

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

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

Local lore says this 700-year-old tree has sacred and medicinal properties.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.