The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

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

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

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.