Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.