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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.