Tokyo, Japan
Koukokuji Buddhist Temple
Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
Places I've been
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Tokyo, Japan
Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Tokyo, Japan
A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
Tokyo, Japan
Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.
Tokyo, Japan
Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
San Diego, California
The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.
San Diego, California
This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.
San Diego, California
The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Elko, Nevada
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Glasgow, Scotland
The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.
Madrid, Spain
This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.