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

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

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

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

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

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

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

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

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.