A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

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

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.