The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

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

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.