Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

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

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.