A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

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

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.