A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A smiling guardian couple stands beside a department store, carrying folk belief into modern Shibuya

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.