The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.