Osaka, Japan
Dotonbori Hotel Front Pillars
Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.
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Osaka, Japan
Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.
Santander, Spain
This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.
San Diego, California
Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Pacific Grove, California
Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Riomaggiore, Italy
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
London, England
The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.
London, England
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
London, England
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
San Francisco, California
This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.
San Francisco, California
A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.
San Francisco, California
The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.