1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

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

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.