Hiraizumi, Japan
Mōtsū-ji
This Buddhist temple may have the best example of a Pure Land garden in Japan.
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Hiraizumi, Japan
This Buddhist temple may have the best example of a Pure Land garden in Japan.
Angono, Philippines
This ambient art gallery and eatery housed in an old Filipino-style building serves local traditional food.
Taipei, Taiwan
This crosswalk hosts one of Taipei’s most beloved public artworks.
Itō, Japan
A bizarre assault of surreal art hiding in bushes and huts on a hill.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Itō, Japan
Fanatical collections of vintage toys, dolls, clothes, and objects.
Bollington, England
Once thought to be a decorated air shaft, it might just be a castle-shaped folly.
Chisinau, Moldova
A vivid and terrifying mural blends pop-culture-style depictions of Hell with traditional Orthodox imagery.
Puponga, New Zealand
These stunning arched rock formations might be familiar to Windows 10 users.
Lubango, Angola
Africa's own Christ the Redeemer looks over Angola's second largest city.
Vincennes, Indiana
Indiana’s oldest brick building was home to America's shortest-serving president.
London, England
A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Fertőrákos, Hungary
On this spot in 1989, nearly a thousand people broke through the Iron Curtain.
Zgornje Gorje, Slovenia
This lush, scenic spot was carved by the turquoise waters of the Radovna.
Naples, Italy
A Greek tomb discovered under a palace in Naples displays ornate funeral decorations.
Lichfield, England
This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.
Dusseldorf, Germany
In the middle of a wonderful recreational park, this memorial reminds us of the dark past of this place.
Vonore, Tennessee
A group of monuments to the Cherokee origins of Tennessee.
Antequera, Spain
These megalithic tombs contain some of the largest stones ever moved in prehistory.
Klamath, California
This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.
Saginaw, Michigan
Soaring mural splashed across 70-year-old silos in Michigan.
San Juancito, Honduras
An abandoned mining area now part of a gorgeous national park.
Chicago, Illinois
In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.