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The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

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

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

This historic World War II ship is one of only 4 Fletcher-class destroyers remaining worldwide.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.