This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

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

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.