Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.