A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

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

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

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.