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Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

A temple made famous by Japanese Buddhist monks who sacrificed themselves at sea.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

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

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.

The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.

One family's mission to exemplify sustainability took on a whole new life as a surprisingly beautiful home.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.