This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

A hole in the floor of this chapel is said to have been created by a footprint of the devil.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

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

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.