A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.