Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

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

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

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.