The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

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

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.