An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.