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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.