Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.