Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.