An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

This stunning waterfall is the backdrop to a site that has seen continuous human habitation for 250,000 years.

Now abandoned, this stone church was part of the missionary efforts that initiated the Christianization of Zambia.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

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

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.