This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

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

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

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.