This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

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

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

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

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.