Kyoto, Japan
Nishiki Market
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
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Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Rangely, Colorado
Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Atlanta, Georgia
This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
Osimo, Italy
A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Israel
This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.
Yuncheng, China
Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.
Oracle, Arizona
An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Santa Barbara, California
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
Glendora, California
The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.