The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

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

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.