In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

The history and future of cannabis.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

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

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.