Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Be a ninja - or just act like one.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

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

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

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.