Tokyo, Japan
Meiji University Museum’s Criminal Materials Department
Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.
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Tokyo, Japan
Oinusama
Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.
Tokyo, Japan
Yagiri no Watashi
The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.
Tokyo, Japan
Waseda El Dorado
This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”
Tokyo, Japan
Secret Cobblestones of Hide-and-Seek Alley
A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.
Tokyo, Japan
Asakusa Underground Street
Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
Garden of Unborn Children
Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.
Mitaka, Japan
Ghibli Museum
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
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Queens, New York
Egyptian Coffee Shop
Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.
Brooklyn, New York
Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Brooklyn, New York
Le Boudoir
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Los Angeles, California
Lookout Mountain Airforce Station
Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.
Berlin, Germany
Velvet
Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.
Potsdam, Germany
Alexandrowka
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Berlin, Germany
Spandauer Zitadelle (Spandau Citadel)
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
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Berlin, Germany
Wunderkammer Olbricht at me Collectors Room
A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Café Strauss
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Berlin, Germany
Magicum
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Berlin, Germany
'The Dance of Death'
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Vienna, Austria
Habsburg Imperial Crypt
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Los Angeles, California
Stay On Main Hotel
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
