Nagoya, Japan
Kigakurin Banshōji Temple
In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.
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Nagoya, Japan
In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.
Nagoya, Japan
This giant fashion model is one of the most beloved symbols of Nagoya.
Kiyosu, Japan
This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.
Nagakute, Japan
A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."
Nagoya, Japan
The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.
Ellinwood, Kansas
This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.
Lindsborg, Kansas
A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."
Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.
Lindsborg, Kansas
The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.
Lindsborg, Kansas
This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
Lyons, Kansas
This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.
Caldwell, Kansas
A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.
Eureka, Kansas
A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.
Kingman, Kansas
This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.
Cedar Point, Kansas
Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.
Wichita, Kansas
Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.
Wichita, Kansas
The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.
Wichita, Kansas
After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.
Wichita, Kansas
A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.
Hokuto, Japan
The only museum dedicated to the American street artist is in rural Japan.
Yakushima, Japan
The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Koshu, Japan
A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.
Yamanashi, Japan
A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.