Sodegaura, Japan
Tokyo German Village
This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.
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Sodegaura, Japan
This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.
Visakhapatnam, India
These hilltop ruins of a forgotten Buddhist monastery flourished in Antiquity from trade with the Roman Empire.
Zurich, Switzerland
Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.
Pahlejpur, India
India's oldest sati stone, attributed to an otherwise unknown king of the ancient Gupta Empire.
Vienna, Austria
One of the most notable figures in the Wurstelprater’s history is often assumed to be a fictional character.
Kyoto, Japan
It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.
Tokyo, Japan
A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.
Kamakura, Japan
Nestled among the bamboos in a temple complex, this art installation serves as a unique memorial to insects.
Kyoto, Japan
Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.
Nahwa, United Arab Emirates
A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
Tokyo, Japan
Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.
New Delhi, India
A commemoration of the little-known cultural influence that Tolstoy had on India.
Tokyo, Japan
The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.
Tokyo, Japan
“Historical” markers commemorating the sites of fictional events depicted in a popular jidaigeki novel series.
Carmarthen, Wales
Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.
Budapest, Hungary
How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?
West Hollywood, California
Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.
New Delhi, India
These murals celebrate the oft-overlooked legacies of Iraqi-Jewish actresses in Bollywood.
New Delhi, India
Visit a haunted Mughal mosque and the tomb of a Sufi saint and his disciple.
Paris, France
The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.
Tokyo, Japan
A precursor to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Tower of the Sun.