A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.