The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

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

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

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

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

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This Canadian hunting lodge is a long way from home.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A replica of the Roman emperor in glorious full color.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.