A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

This impressive castle looms over small German town.