This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

The great Danube river starts here.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

Considered the oldest intact wooden structure in Tokyo Prefecture, this impressive temple was built in 1407.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

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.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

One of Japan’s oldest and largest cherry trees is said to have been planted by an ancient, heroic prince.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

An unusual structure of stone and glass honoring one of Japan’s most eminent Christian leaders who founded the non-church movement.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

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

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.

A bizarre assault of surreal art hiding in bushes and huts on a hill.

A group of medieval rock-cut Buddhist statues created to save people from the volcanic hell that surrounds them.

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.