A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.