A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.