Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

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