This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."

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

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

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

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

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