Tokyo, Japan
Yanaka Cemetery
This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.
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Tokyo, Japan
This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.
Denbighshire, Wales
These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
Tsovagyugh, Armenia
Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.
Sevan, Armenia
This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Weston, Missouri
The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Vienna, Austria
Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.
Vienna, Austria
Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.
Vienna, Austria
In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.