San Francisco, California
Church of 8 Wheels
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
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San Francisco, California
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Tokyo, Japan
Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.
Tokyo, Japan
A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Austin, Texas
The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.
Austin, Texas
A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
A glowing underwater cliff attracts marine life and divers in equal measure.
Putty, Australia
Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Bestari Jaya, Malaysia
Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.