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The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

Over 40 species of fern cover the canyon walls of this lush green bowl, cut off from the bustle of the world by a cave entrance.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Visit the real-life site of the fictional pizzeria in Bong Joon-Ho's film Parasite.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

Some of the secrets of human origin are revealed at this museum.

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

Tell this pair of "love-inviting" cats in Ginza your romantic hopes.

A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Plagued with warts? Leave a frog at this small shrine in the city of Tosa, and you may be cured.

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.