About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.