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The site of a famous samurai duel.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

This phallic temple was erected in the forest to honor the tragic death of a samurai lord's son.

Next door to Tokyo DisneySea is a giant sculpture created by Taro Okamoto symbolizing the dynamism of life.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.