Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

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

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

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

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

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.