Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

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

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

On a stretch of Danish coast known as "Cold Hawaii," this fishing village has become a surfing town.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.

The final home of the legendary Danish sailor said to have lived to be 146 years old.

Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.

A beautiful photography exhibition space housed in a former church.

This museum is a portal to 20th-century Denmark.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.

Over 9,000 brains collected between 1945 and 1982 demonstrate the results of untreated mental illness.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.

An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

Dozens of musicians have planted trees in this Danish park, and donated songs to go with them.