Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

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

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...