This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

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

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

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

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

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