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An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

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

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

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

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

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

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.