Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.