Imagine walking into a hotel lobby after a long trip, only to be greeted not by a person, but by a talking dinosaur in a bellboy uniform. Sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie? Well, it's real — and it's in Japan.

Welcome to Henn-na Hotel, famously known as “The Weird Hotel”, where robots run the show. From check-in to luggage assistance, the staff are robots — and that’s not even the weirdest part.

Imagine this: you're standing in a quiet plaza in the steamy town of Papantla, Veracruz. The scent of sweet tamales drifts through the air. A tall pole—nearly 30 meters high—rises above the trees. Flutes start to play, slow and haunting. And then… men begin to fly.