One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

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

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

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

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.