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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.