A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

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

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

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

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

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.