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Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

The largest example of the “snail well” unique to the Musashino Plateau region.

The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

Believed by many to be the oldest surviving public monument in the United States.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

A memorial to the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died at this location, along with seven others, in a plane crash in 2002.

Travel this route to explore a canyon crafted by ancient glaciers.

The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

A well-preserved quarry and six of eight continuous burning pot kilns used to make burnt lime and crushed stone are highlights of the self-guided walking tour in Fountain Rock Park.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

The saddest little diner in New York.