This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

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

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

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

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.

A winding staircase that appears to lead to nowhere is actually a diving platform into the Wellington Harbour.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

This ledge in Victoria Park served as a hiding spot for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.