A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

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

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.