A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.