This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

Under the streets of La Rochelle, a former wartime bunker holds some surprising secrets.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The climactic location of the 1977 film 'The Yellow Handkerchief' commemorates its concept of happiness.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…