A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

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

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.