Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

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

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.