Kyoto, Japan
Sanjūsangen-dō
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
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Kyoto, Japan
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
Issaquah, Washington
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Madison, Wisconsin
"Looks so real, it's scary!"
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.