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

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.