Hirosaki, Japan
Demon Oak Tree of Onizawa
A mountain demon once helped a local villager construct a canal, after which he sat on this oak tree to rest.
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Hirosaki, Japan
A mountain demon once helped a local villager construct a canal, after which he sat on this oak tree to rest.
Onekotan Island, Russia
A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.
Aleutians West, Alaska
The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.
Adak, Alaska
America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.
Nairobi, Kenya
This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.
North Bimini Island, Bahamas
An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Oka, Guam
The forgotten site of Guam’s first civilian hospital, where crumbling concrete foundations overlook the sea.
Verona, Wisconsin
Probably the only remaining trace of a leprosy house in Wisconsin, reflecting a time when leprosy was uncurable and sufferers were isolated.
Ishinomaki, Japan
A school destroyed by fire and tsunami simultaneously is preserved as a memorial.
Hong Kong
Beautiful Romanesque arches in a recently rediscovered century old underground reservoir.
Hong Kong
One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.
Nassau, Bahamas
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
Washington, Wisconsin
A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.
Bruce Crossing, Michigan
A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.
Solovetskiy, Russia
No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.
Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.
Joensuu, Finland
One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.