Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

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

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

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

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.