A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

It took a lifetime to collect these mechanical musical wonders.

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.