Retro as can be, this cinema still uses film reels and screens revivals of Shōwa-era hits and classics.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

This sculpture is an homage to one of the most important Jewish women in medieval England.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.

This statue of a deified “hag” is said to protect children from the common cold and coughing fits.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

A historic cavernous cistern lies hidden behind a wall at San Marino’s stamp and coin museum.

Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

The lion represents a fascinating part of English history, and the story of a man who obsessed over its creation.

They say the internet is forever but just in case, the shiba inu behind an iconic meme has been immortalized in bronze.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

Off the beaten path along the coastline of Miura, a scenic cliff with an evocative name.

Once an erosional cave, this scenic arch was lifted up above the sea's surface by an earthquake.

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.