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

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

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

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.