Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

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

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

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

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

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

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

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.