The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The hometown of a beloved manga artist created a treasure hunt for his popular ghostly characters.

A bovine sumo match in which both bulls live to fight another day.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

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

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

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.