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

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

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.