One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

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

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.