Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

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

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

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

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.”

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

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.