Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

This beautiful defunct water tower adds a European flair to a traditional Japanese neighborhood.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.