A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

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

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.