The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

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

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

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

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

Hungarian self-built castle.

300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.