A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A monumental palace that began as a stock exchange, became the headquarters of Hungarian Television, and spent years largely unused.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

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.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

At over 500 years old, this is the oldest surviving toilet in Japan

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.