Isle of Staffa, Scotland
Fingal's Cave
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
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Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Tokyo, Japan
The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Kerry, Ireland
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
Roscommon, Ireland
An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Littlefield, Arizona
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.