The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

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

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.