This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

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

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

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

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

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