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Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

The former site of the U.S. military base redeveloped as an art district, boasting a collection of 109 public artworks from 36 countries.

A Japanese colonial-era hot springs hotel that has transformed into an art museum.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.

A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

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

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.