The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

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

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

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

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.