San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Officially the lowest mountain in Japan.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

This giant statue pays homage to this temple's furry residents who keep the landscape pristine.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

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

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.