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Shakaden Reiyukai Temple

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

The Hydrangea Train

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Added by Rachel Gould

Mushizuka at Kan'ei-ji Temple

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Added by ilbonito

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima's Hypocenter

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Ysabet

Added by Ysabet

Sōgenji Temple (Kappa-Dera)

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Added by ilbonito

Hakone Open-Air Museum

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

leiris

Added by leiris

Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Yokai Street

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Added by justinalanarnold

Gotokuji Temple

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

catobsessedanne

Added by catobsessedanne

Kirriemuir, Scotland

Bon Scott Statue

A monument to the 70s rock icon stands on the road into this small Scottish town.

ReignOfError

Added by ReignOfError

Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Monument to Niccolò Tommaseo

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

matthiasheinrich

Added by matthiasheinrich

Squero di San Trovaso

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

San Giorgio in Alga

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

matthiasheinrich

Added by matthiasheinrich

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Added by zackofalltrades

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Added by laurajok

Poveglia Plague Island

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Libreria Acqua Alta

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Added by zackofalltrades

Edinburgh, Scotland

Dundas House

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA