"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

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

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

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

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

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

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

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.

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

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.