Kyoto, Japan
Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.
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Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi's Train Street
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Tokyo, Japan
Akihabara Electric Town
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Tokyo, Japan
Gotokuji Temple
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Elma, Washington
Satsop Nuclear Power Plant
From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.
Nara, Japan
Buddha's Nostril
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
Itsukushima Shrine
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
El Peñol, Colombia
El Peñon de Guatape
A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral of Salt
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.
Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Tokyo, Japan
Giant Unicorn GUNDAM Robot
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
