The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.