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

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

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

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

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.