This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.