This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.