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

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

This grand hydraulic installation has provided water for townspeople since the Middle Ages.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

A hundred and twenty year old twelve story lighthouse located on a beautiful Indonesian island.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.