One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

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

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

Enthusiasts of the mid-20th century magician and comedian erected this statue in the small Welsh town in which he was born, even though the comedian only lived there for three years.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.