Chicago, Illinois
Nike Missile Site C-44
A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.
Tokyo, Japan
A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.
Westchester, Illinois
One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.
Mexico City, Mexico
This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.
Murray Bridge, Australia
An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.
Ulverston, England
This museum dedicated to the famous comedy duo is located in the town where Stan Laurel was born.
Kyoto, Japan
A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.
Oakland, Illinois
An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.
Chippewa Bay, New York
This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.
Tsu, Japan
A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.
Ashikaga, Japan
The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.
Tokyo, Japan
The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.
Creede, Colorado
This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.
Tokyo, Japan
The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.
Narusawa, Japan
One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.
Kanazawa, Japan
Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
Ikaruga, Japan
Home to the world's oldest wooden building.
Inuyama, Japan
A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.
Tsugaru, Japan
A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.
Nikko, Japan
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Miyoshi, Japan
Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.
Mkhomazi Wilderness area, South Africa
Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.
Niutoua, Tonga
A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."
Yoshinogari, Japan
The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.