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

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

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

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

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

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

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

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

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

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.