Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

These two 90-year-old statues were once part of a Japanese Shinto shrine.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Once the park closes at sunset, the greatest haiku poet of all time moves to face the Sumida River.

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

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.