Tokyo, Japan
SĹŤgenji Temple (Kappa-Dera)
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
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Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.
Thessaloniki, Greece
An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.
Athens, Greece
This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
North Adams, Massachusetts
This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.
Troy, New York
This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Schenectady, New York
The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.
New York, New York
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
New York, New York
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.