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Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.