A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

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

Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The home studio one of Britain's first independent record producers is also the site of a murder-suicide.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.