A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Located in the large-scale shopping mall is an otherwise unassuming aquarium featuring species native to Okinawa waters.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.