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

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.