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The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

This patch of old-growth forest is home to Canada's gnarliest tree.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.