The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

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

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

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.