This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.