The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.