Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

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

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.