Kyoto, Japan
Gokōshiyui Amidabutsu
This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.
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Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto Botanical Garden
With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.
Kyoto, Japan
Honke Owariya
One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Berlin, Germany
Buchstabenmuseum
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
The Return of the Cows
Art and a pun, all in one.
Berlin, Germany
Museum der Dinge
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Tajikistan Tearoom
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
Magicum
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Berlin, Germany
Old City Wall of Berlin
The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Monsterkabinett
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
AquaDom
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
'The Dance of Death'
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Prague, Czechia
David Černý's Embryo
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
Prague, Czechia
Old New Synagogue
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Podobenství s Lebkou (Parable With Skull)
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Berlin, Germany
Design Panoptikum
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
