Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

The origin of this bizarre, ghostly idol is a local mystery, even to the temple it calls home.

A small laundromat covered wall-to-ceiling with portrait drawings.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

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

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

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

A precursor to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Tower of the Sun.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

The buildings are among the few Frank Lloyd Wright structures still standing in Japan.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.