A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

Chiseled out of a sandstone cliff, one farmer's unfinished art project lies in ruins.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.