A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.