Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
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Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Tokyo, Japan
Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!
Tomigusuku, Japan
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Motobu, Japan
One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.
Taipei, Taiwan
A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.
Taipei, Taiwan
Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
San Francisco, California
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
San Francisco, California
The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.