Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

A unique memorial made up of a collection of memorials, all commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

Located in the large-scale shopping mall is an otherwise unassuming aquarium featuring species native to Okinawa waters.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.