Tokyo, Japan
Koguma
This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.
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Tokyo, Japan
This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Gyeongju, South Korea
Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Tatev, Armenia
Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Wrangell, Alaska
Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.
Sri Lanka
The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.
Elie, Scotland
The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.
Singapore
Legend holds that a tortoise turned itself into this island to save two shipwrecked sailors.
Stockholm, Sweden
At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.
George Town, Malaysia
Step inside a Nyonya eatery nestled within a historic museum.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
A 100-year-old Japanese command center is now a unique underground university walkway with periodic exhibits.
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Diani Beach, Kenya
Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
Prague, Czechia
A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.