Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.