Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.