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

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

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.