Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

A bronze ship jutting out of a bridge, a commemoration of Osamu Dazai, a sculpture created by 30 manga legends, and more.

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

A military fort has guarded the surrounding area from this key position since the 13th century.

A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.