Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

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

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

In Asakusa, Tokyo's very own Walk of Fame.

This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

A stretch of the Iwai River that features beautiful rocky cliffs, rapids, and flying dango.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.