Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The middle finger of modernity.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

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

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.