Hirosaki, Japan
Iwakiyama Shrine
An atmospheric shrine of mountain worship that is home to a number of curious folk tales.
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Hirosaki, Japan
An atmospheric shrine of mountain worship that is home to a number of curious folk tales.
Derby, Australia
Warm up from the freezing waters in this fully functional sauna in the middle of the Tasmanian wilderness.
Redd, Washington
One of the northernmost occurrences of western juniper can be found in the sand dunes of Washington's Palouse.
Delta Junction, Alaska
An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.
Mopti, Mali
Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.
Yamagata, Japan
A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.
Alresford, England
These graves are a rare example of Napoleonic Prisoner of War Graves in Britain.
Albertinia, South Africa
On the grounds of a game lodge, a path decorated with the skulls of all kinds of animals.
Yamagata, Japan
A quartet of temple guardian statues that allegedly cry at night for being forbidden from wrestling.
Fairfax, Virginia
An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.
Madrid, Spain
This 40-meter waterfall of light graces one of the most iconic stations in the Madrid metro network.
Sept-Îles, Québec
A collection of whimsical metal sculptures scattered along a forest path.
Sortino, Italy
Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.
Turin, Italy
The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.
Baltimore, Maryland
This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.
Sendai, Japan
A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.
North Rim, Arizona
Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.
Washington
A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
London, England
This is London's smallest listed building.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?
Ashchimuryn, Kazakhstan
A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.
Koyulus, Kazakhstan
This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
Kazakhstan
These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.