Hokkaidō, Japan
Blue Pond
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.
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Hokkaidō, Japan
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Miyoshi, Japan
Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.
Tokyo, Japan
This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.
Tokyo, Japan
If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
Inside a London bookstore, a fireplace that once belonged to the illustrator responsible for a famous set of tarot cards.
London, England
One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England
The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.
London, England
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
London, England
A commemorative plaque at the door pays tribute to an "American Patriot" known for his betrayal.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
San Francisco, California
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
Warsaw, Poland
Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city.
Warsaw, Poland
Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.