Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

From a distance, this structure looks like an ordinary office building but a closer inspection reveals a unique facade.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

The ship that got left behind.

This kitschy, kinky homage to Taipei’s old “grandpa shops” is full of eye-candy.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.