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

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.