Hakone, Japan
Owakudani Black Eggs
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
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Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Himeji, Japan
Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Nairobi, Kenya
Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Pacifica, California
Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.
London, England
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Guilford Township, Indiana
One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.
Antarctica
The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.
Antarctica
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Stockholm, Sweden
A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.
Tokyo, Japan
An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.