At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.