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

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

The remains of the vast manor that once belonged to Lord Kira, villain in the 47 Ronin story, is now a shrine dedicated to the incident.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.