Osaka, Japan
Maishima Incineration Plant
This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.
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Osaka, Japan
This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.
Nagoro, Japan
As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.
Xianyang, China
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
Guiyang, China
On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.
Luohe, China
One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.
Hakone, Japan
This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.