A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."