The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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.

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

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

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.