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

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A memorial monument over the ruins of Sderot’s police station remembers the lives lost in the October 7th attack.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

This site honors an Israeli cargo ship that was destroyed by the government in 1948.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

You can receive a blessing for your electronics at this Shinto shrine near Akihabara.

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

The history of Tel Aviv told through a work of art.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.