One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.