Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

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

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

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

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

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.