The model behind the iconic 3D test model.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

The best-preserved Roman site in India.

This prehistoric site is home to the largest shell midden cluster in Japan.

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

This house was once the residence of Aisin-Gioro Pujie, the younger brother of China’s last emperor.

Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.

Buried nine feet under, these houses are preserved as a stark reminder of the disastrous 1991 Unzen eruption.

An unusual structure of stone and glass honoring one of Japan’s most eminent Christian leaders who founded the non-church movement.

This iconic “station bento” comes in an earthenware pot you can take home and repurpose.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

Various accidents and illnesses fell upon the developers who tried to remove these historic trees.

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.

Unbeknownst to many, an ancient burial mound hides in plain sight in Ueno Park.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.