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

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.