Kyoto, Japan
Kameya Kiyonaga
This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."
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Kyoto, Japan
This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."
Middlesbrough, England
A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.
Wichita, Kansas
After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.
Schulenburg, Texas
Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.
Washoe County, Nevada
An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.
Seattle, Washington
Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
Nanyuki, Kenya
The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.
Moka, Japan
Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.
Murshidabad, India
This 18th-century complex has served as a mosque, mausoleum, and one of the largest caravanserais in India.
Los Angeles, California
The Hollywood home of Kermit the Frog and Yoda used to be Charlie Chaplin's film studio.
Harar, Ethiopia
This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.
Tokyo, Japan
The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.
Macao
These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.
Knoxville, Tennessee
The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.
Austin, Texas
A synth musician's paradise at the heart of a community responsible for the soundtrack to 'Stranger Things.'
Aït Bouguemez, Morocco
This former community granary is now a lonely mountaintop shrine.
Dale, Texas
Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.
Mohawk, Michigan
One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.
Madrid, Spain
Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.
Melbourne, Australia
This island at Coburg Lake Reserve is home to a sizable, very visible colony of Australian white ibis.
Charleston, South Carolina
Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.