An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

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

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.