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An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.