This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.