A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.