This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...