Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

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

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