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Kyoto, Japan

Denden-gu

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.
Kyoto, Japan

Kimono Forest

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

Rokuon-ji Temple

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

Nishiki Market

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

Rokudō Chin’nōji Temple

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.
Kyoto, Japan

Starbucks Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.
Kyoto, Japan

Yasaka Kōshin-dō Temple

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.
Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Station's Skyway

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.
Kiyosu, Japan

Kiyosu Castle

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.
Sendai, Japan

Sendai Daikannon

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.
Japan

Seikan Tunnel

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.
Toyoura, Japan

Koboro Station

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.
Asahikawa, Japan

Kamuy Kotan

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.
Kamishihoro, Japan

Taushubetsu River Bridge

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.
Kushiro, Japan

Lake Akan Ainu Kotan

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.
Tsurui, Japan

Otowa Bridge

A peaceful place to spot the rare and iconic red-crowned crane.
Washington, D.C.

Signers’ Memorial

Engraved in stone on a little Island are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Mayday, Colorado

Hesperus Mountain

This jet-infused peak marks the traditional northern boundary of the Navajo nation.
Gallup, New Mexico

Historic El Rancho Hotel

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Sims Art Fence

A surprise blip of color and kitsch.
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Chile Pepper Institute

At this research institute, the chile is king.
Las Cruces, New Mexico

World's Largest Chile Pepper Sculpture

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Luna County, New Mexico

Frontera Sculpture Oasis

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.
Hachita, New Mexico

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.