One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

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 groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

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

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.