This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

A small mountain cave tucked away along Kings Highway has become a shrine to the beloved character.

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The middle finger of modernity.