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A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

This beautiful defunct water tower adds a European flair to a traditional Japanese neighborhood.

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

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.