This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.