Tokyo, Japan
Meguro Parasitological Museum
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
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Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Iwakuni, Japan
One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.
Kasukabe, Japan
The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.
Tokyo, Japan
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Tokyo, Japan
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Hida, Japan
Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.
Kyoto, Japan
A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.
Tsuruoka, Japan
The self-mummified monks of Japan.
Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Hanoi, Vietnam
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Tây Ninh, Vietnam
The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.
Vĩnh Thạch, Vietnam
This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Ulugnor District, Uzbekistan
Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.
Ulugnor District, Uzbekistan
One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.