The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

The largest of its kind in Japan, this century-old wasabi farm is also known for its appearance in an Akira Kurosawa film.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A melting pot of Asian-Pacific art features one symbolic sculpture from each of 20 different nations.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.