The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

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

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Jurassic Park in South Africa.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

Abandoned station along an ancient pilgrimage route.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

A miniature beach in the middle of the desert.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.