Instead, their architectural wish-list includes lesser-known landmarks: abandoned factories, boarded-up amusement parks, uninhibited villages and desolate power plants.

A couple found an abandoned, 96-year-old home in the Japanese countryside and turned it into an Airbnb. It's available for rent from $113 a night — check it out.

Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama and his wife Hila convinced the owners of an abandoned Japanese farmer’s house to allow them to transform it into a guest house back in 2012.

Anton Wormann, 32, transformed an abandoned house in Japan into a luxury Airbnb stay. Today, it brings in about $11,000 a month.

He recently purchased an abandoned farm for $15,000 "right by the beach" in Kujukuri, a town in the Chiba prefecture of Honshu, the largest and most populous island of Japan. Wormann shared a tour ...

Anton Wormann, 32, transformed an abandoned house in Japan into a luxury Airbnb stay. Today, it brings in about $11,000 a month.

Anton Wormann, 32, transformed an abandoned house in Japan into a luxury Airbnb stay. Today, it brings in about $11,000 a month.