The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

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.”

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

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

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

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.