A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.