This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Beneath its placid surface, one of New York City's primary sources of drinking water hides a haunted past.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

Time travel back to the 19th century and catch an old-timey baseball game at a 209-acre recreated village.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.