Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The climactic location of the 1977 film 'The Yellow Handkerchief' commemorates its concept of happiness.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.

An intriguing antique iron Ferris wheel that most locals are sure was designed by Gustave Eiffel.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.