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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.