Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

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

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

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

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.