A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.