This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

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

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.