Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

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

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.