The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.