One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

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

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

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

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.