An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

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

The first location of the eventual video game giant.