These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

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 abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

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

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

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.