Places thedeparture Wants to Go

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

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

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

A sculpture park that takes the use of clay to a whole new level.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.