At the "fishing boat shrine," an offering is said to help ward off fevers.

This statue of the "shiny uncle of Beppu" was erected in 2007.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.

At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

A unique collection of electric insulators on display in a former transformer station.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

One of the earliest relics of Italian art is this ornately equipped stone soldier.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

An abandoned monastery sits on a far-off island in the Adriatic Sea.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.