When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

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

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."