Nikko, Japan
Abandoned Western Village
This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.
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Nikko, Japan
This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.
Nikko, Japan
Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.
Natchez, Mississippi
Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.
Sapporo, Japan
An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”
Sapporo, Japan
This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.
Sapporo, Japan
This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.
Progress Valley, New Zealand
The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.
Invercargill, New Zealand
A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.
Stewart Island / Rakiura, New Zealand
A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.
Tokyo, Japan
People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.
Tokyo, Japan
Though not uncommon in western Japan, this Buddha cut out of an ancient sarcophagus is the only example in central Tokyo.
Hong Kong
One of the last soy sauce-makers in Hong Kong has been in the artisanal condiment business since 1917.
Oamaru, New Zealand
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
Quailburn, New Zealand
Towering earthen formations that rise straight out of the ground in New Zealand .
Middlemarch, New Zealand
New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.
Pomona, California
This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.
Glendora, California
The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Bolton, North Carolina
Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Newport, North Carolina
This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.
Winnabow, North Carolina
From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.
Wilmington, North Carolina
The only pachinko parlor in the United States.