Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

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

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

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

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.