The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

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

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.