London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.