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A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.