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

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

Faith and landscaping come together in a small Danish haven dubbed the "Bible Garden."

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.