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Pivotal in the research of early British Bronze Age life, found near Stonehenge.

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.

Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Featuring Torres Strait Islander cuisine and Australia's first indigenous bar.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

The geomorphology of the Turia Valley could easily be mistaken for Utah or Arizona.