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

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.