The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

This sculpture was designed to encourage viewers to be true to themselves.

A large Melbourne wall is home to an iconic work of art from one of the world's most renowned street artists.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

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

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.