The birthplace of Japanese coinage.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

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

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.