Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar.