Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

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

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”