Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

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

A 2nd-century stupa home to one of the world's oldest statues of the Buddha.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.