The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

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

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

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

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.