The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

The lesser-known eastern counterpart to Kyoto’s famous fox shrine.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A romantic escape inspired by the legend of a child-eating five-headed dragon.

In the former treasury of a popular temple, a rare sculptural depiction of Kannon’s diverse avatars.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

A museum showcasing the work of a self-taught painter and sculptor spanning four decades of output in seclusion.

This garden boasts a magnificent collection of orchids and a spectacular view of the surrounding valley.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

Descendants of the samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle during the Edo period still live in these charming historic houses (and visitors can enter one of them for free).

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.