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One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.

Some say this small Italian church holds a gate to Heaven.

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

This giant fiberglass sunfish welcomes visitors to Onalaska, Wisconsin, the "Sunfish Capital of the World."

Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.

An ancient Roman relief beautifully preserved on the façade of a house.

Danish children are taught that Santa lives in Greenland, at this exact cabin.

The "horrid little piggy house" of one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

Documenting the nationalist movement in Northern Ireland, with an emphasis on the history of political prisoners.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.

Explore the evolution of photography and cinema through historical and contemporary equipment.

A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.