A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

This retro izakaya street is a unique legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.

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

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.