Tabley, England
Cuckooland
This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
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Tabley, England
This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
Durham, North Carolina
The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Evanston, Illinois
More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.
Gangneung, South Korea
The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.
Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Shingo, Japan
A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).
Iwaizumi, Japan
A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.
Otsuchi, Japan
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
Naoshima, Japan
A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.
Naoshima, Japan
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
Tokushima-shi, Japan
"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.
Kesennuma, Japan
450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.
Oshu, Japan
A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.
Hiraizumi, Japan
Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.
Tottori-shi, Japan
Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.
Kobe, Japan
A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.
Kobe, Japan
An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Kyoto, Japan
Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.