Augsburg, Germany
The Vogeltor
According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.
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Augsburg, Germany
According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.
Augsburg, Germany
This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.
Augsburg, Germany
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Altenburg, Germany
An incredibly well-preserved barbershop from the 1920s was transformed into a tiny local museum.
Altenburg, Germany
This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.
Aachen, Germany
A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Osaka, Japan
Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.
Yokosuka, Japan
The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Yokosuka, Japan
A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.
Yoshimi, Japan
Chiseled out of a sandstone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project lies in ruins.
Yoshimi, Japan
This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.
Utsunomiya, Japan
This ancient burial cave along a roadside is also home to several Buddhist sculptures.
Utsunomiya, Japan
At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.
Utsunomiya, Japan
This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.
Tamura, Japan
These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.
Tamura, Japan
"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.
Takayama, Japan
Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.
Takayama, Japan
A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.
Takayama, Japan
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
Takasaki, Japan
A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.
Takasaki, Japan
Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.
Sasebo, Japan
Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.
Sasebo, Japan
The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.