São Miguel, Portugal
Hotel Monte Palace
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Tokyo, Japan
A tiny street lined with eleven distinct Tanuki statues, each representing a different wish.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.
Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Nara, Japan
According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.
Osaka, Japan
A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.
Osaka, Japan
This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.
Osaka, Japan
The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.
Tokyo, Japan
Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.
Tokyo, Japan
This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.
Tokyo, Japan
A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.
Barcelona, Spain
This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
These public toilets also provide entertainment for visitors to Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
Berlin, Germany
The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.
Berlin, Germany
Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Vienna, Austria
Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.