A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

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

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

The birthplace of Japanese coinage.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

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

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo's Scandinavian distributor.

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

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

The Russians still use the transmitter Nazis built during World War II to communicate with submarines.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.