A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

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

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

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.