This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.