An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

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

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

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

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

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.