Kanazawa, Japan
Myouryuji (Ninja Temple)
Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kanazawa, Japan
Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
Shirakawa-mura, Japan
This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.
Takayama, Japan
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
Toyama, Japan
This abandoned park is home to hundreds of stone statues ranging from humans to mystical beings.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Tateyama-machi, Japan
A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.
Napier, New Zealand
The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.
Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.
Dunkerque, France
A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.
Namur, Belgium
This is a surprising Art Deco district in a city with a history dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Durham, England
These courts are the only ones of their kind in the world, made for a unique ball game that dates back to the 1700s.
Bishop Auckland, England
Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.
Annfield Plain, England
A striking testament to the industrial past.
England
This viaduct looks more like something from a Victorian dream.
Salisbury, England
Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.
Salisbury, England
This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.
Hokuto, Japan
One of Japan’s oldest and largest cherry trees is said to have been planted by an ancient, heroic prince.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Alishan, Taiwan
You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.
Al-Chibayish, Iraq
Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.
Qurna, Iraq
A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.
Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.