This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.