The first location of the eventual video game giant.

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

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.