This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.