Sumida City, Japan
Chomeiji Sakuramochi
This 300-year-old teahouse is the birthplace of a Japanese springtime staple
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Sumida City, Japan
This 300-year-old teahouse is the birthplace of a Japanese springtime staple
Tubize, Belgium
A miraculous well, hidden away in the middle of a meadow.
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
It is the location of a string of sightings of a “werewolf” or “wolfman” from the early 1970s to the late ‘90s, now known as the Beast of Bray Road.
Gaspereau Forks, New Brunswick
This wooden "kissing bridge" is one of only a few still standing in the region.
New Braintree, Massachusetts
Solitary stones tell the story of an early battle in one of colonial America’s most brutal and forgotten wars.
Walnut Cove, North Carolina
An ancient cave with connections to the American Revolution.
Washington, Wisconsin
A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.
Reykjavík, Iceland
The first and only cat cafe in Iceland
Shebbear, England
Each November, this one-tonne stone is turned over, trapping the devil beneath it for another year
Madrid, Spain
The ruins of the Sacred Heart Memorial, which was first “shot” by a weird firing squad and then dynamited during the Spanish Civil War
Glenbrook, Nevada
A volcanic spur of Lake Tahoe wrapped in Washoe sacred stories and road tunnels
Wabash, Indiana
A reconstructed historical park where a treaty was signed in 1826 between the United States government and the Miami and Potawatomi Indian tribes
Kollmitzdörfl, Austria
A strange building in the woods connected to a tragic love story
Berlin, Germany
The place where a brilliant German artist ended his life after a struggle against a malignant disease he could not win
Ellensburg, Washington
The last surviving footbridge in the Yakima Canyon, now a historic landmark, provides access to wilderness west of the Yakima River
Berlin, Germany
David Robert Jones was a Berliner — from 1976–1978
Peggys Cove Preservation Area, Nova Scotia
A beautiful memorial to the 215 passengers and 14 crew members who perished in a 1998 plane crash.
Delphi, Indiana
A 1850s pioneer village and interactive museum detail the history of the Wabash Canal in Indiana.
Osaka, Japan
The literal midpoint of the city, as all distances are calculated from this point
Columbus, Texas
A self-proclaimed infidel who had no hope of heaven nor fear of hell, Towell was free of superstition.
Altadena, California
Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye
England
The farmland on the old Isle of Axholme is one of only 4 places in the UK where the medieval practice of strip farming still persists.
Tuam, Ireland
This disused railway station is a beautiful lost place with a Victorian foot bridge and some graffiti.
Kyoto, Japan
The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.