A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.