A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

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

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

This beautiful defunct water tower adds a European flair to a traditional Japanese neighborhood.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.