The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.