The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

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

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

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.