Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Crumbling crypts and overgrown graves rise just out of arm's reach in this forgotten Buenos Aires graveyard.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.