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

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A palace destined to never house a king.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

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

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.