This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.