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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.