The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

A large collection of solar and night-time telescopes dot a small area on the Teide mountain range.

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

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

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

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

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

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.