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

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.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A symbol of Texas pride.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.