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

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.