Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.

These little-known sands dunes are a geological anomaly in Saskatchewan's southern prairies.

Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

A broken man's homemade, seaworthy ship rests in the middle of the Canadian prairie.

An outcropping plays host to the largest collection of pre-contact petroglyphs in Saskatchewan.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

This mineral lake known for its healing powers is so buoyant it's been dubbed the "Dead Sea of Canada."

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

This now abandoned arch bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

Dedicated to the people of Indian Head, Saskatchewan.

The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.

The "Paris of the Prairies" wouldn't be complete without a replica of the iconic landmark.