Yangzhou Shi, China
Yangzhou Zhongshuge
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
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Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.
Taipei, Taiwan
The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.
Shingo, Japan
A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).
Saitama, Japan
A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.
Tokyo, Japan
This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”
Tokyo, Japan
Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
Seoul, South Korea
The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Gränichen, Switzerland
The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.
Ōsaki, Japan
A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Sendai, Japan
Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.
Yonezawa, Japan
Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.
Shiroishi, Japan
A town's namesake rock has served as a spiritual matchmaker for hundreds of years.
Yonezawa, Japan
Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.