Takayama, Japan
Forest of Seven Lucky Gods
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
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Takayama, Japan
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
Nagakute, Japan
A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Hakone, Japan
This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.
Yakushima, Japan
The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Zhangye Shi, China
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Qurayyat, Oman
A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.
Municipiul Sebeș, Romania
Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Malham, England
A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.
Stazzema, Italy
A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.
Rothwell, England
A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.
Weinan, China
A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.
Telega, Romania
This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
London, England
A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.