Tokyo, Japan
Gotokuji Temple
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
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Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
São Paulo, Brazil
Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.
Taichung City, Taiwan
A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.
Kungsbacka, Sweden
A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo’s Scandinavian distributor.
New York, New York
Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.
Hardwick, New Jersey
This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Woodstock, Vermont
An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.
Gwynedd, Wales
The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Nagold, Germany
A German town is growing a building out of trees.
Nentershausen, Germany
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Vorden, Netherlands
Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.
Offaly, Ireland
The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Clintonville, Wisconsin
A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.