Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The largest of its kind in Japan, this century-old wasabi farm is also known for its appearance in an Akira Kurosawa film.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

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

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.