This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.