This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.