Tokyo, Japan
The Giant Ghibli Clock
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
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Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Tokyo, Japan
Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.
Tokyo, Japan
This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.
Tokyo, Japan
A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.
Melbourne, Australia
This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Davis, California
Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
San Francisco, California
A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.