La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

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

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

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

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

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

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.