The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

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

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.