Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

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

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

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