World's largest Christmas store.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

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.”

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

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.