Nara, Japan
Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
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Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Malakwa, British Columbia
An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.