The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

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

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

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.