A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

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

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

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The longest hedge maze in the world.