Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.