Inuyama, Japan
Momotaro Shrine
A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.
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Inuyama, Japan
A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
Budapest, Hungary
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Ushuaia, Argentina
The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.
Iceland
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Nuuk, Greenland
Thousands of letters to Santa get delivered to this mailbox in Greenland.
Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland's first shopping mall also hosts the country's government.
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.