This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.