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

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

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

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.”

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This Greek cinema was architecturally inspired by Mussolini's vision of a fascist Mediterranean utopia.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.