Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

A memorial to honor those who were killed in a Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”