A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

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

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.