Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

The site where the poet Matsuo Bashō read one of the first haiku that comprise his famous travelogue.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

A small laundromat covered wall-to-ceiling with portrait drawings.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

The ruins of a medieval citadel believed to be haunted by a ministry of wish-granting djinns.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."

This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.