A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.