Kyoto, Japan
Tenryu-Ji Shrine's Bamboo Trail
A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.
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Kyoto, Japan
A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.
Kyoto, Japan
A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Himeji, Japan
Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.
Suminoe-ku, Japan
An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”
Manila, Philippines
The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Trunyan, Indonesia
One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.
Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand
Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.
Tambon Nong Lu, Thailand
During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.
Warsaw, Poland
The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.