This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A 19th-century church in South Mumbai built to commemorate those who died in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the retreat from Kabul in 1842.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.