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

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

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

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

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

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.