This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Art and a pun, all in one.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.