Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.