This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.