These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

In a park on Taiwan's rugged Eastern coast, a marker celebrates a glorious sight from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere.

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

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.