Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

Dedicated to one of the author's most iconic works.

Once the park closes at sunset, the greatest haiku poet of all time moves to face the Sumida River.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

An unpaid bill, a stolen stone, and a famous fashion designer rest peacefully alongside a heroine of Highlands history.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Dr. Fleming's work saved the lives of many bullfighters thanks to his discovery of penicillin.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Visit a museum dedicated to the “the king of cheeses.”

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

This church commemorates a venerable, yet nigh-forgotten woman who dedicated her life to the poor in post-war Tokyo.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.