A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.