Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

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

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

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

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

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

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.